- 1 result found
- Establishing identity
- Respect for private and family life
- National
- Clear
Court name: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
State: United Kingdom
Date of decision:
Legal instruments: European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
Key aspects: Access to social and economic rights, Determination/confirmation of nationality, Establishing identity, Establishing identity, Respect for private and family life, Statelessness and asylum, Statelessness determination
The case concerns a Belarusian individual who had entered the UK in 1998, whose asylum applications were refused and who spent the subsequent eighteen years in immigration bail as his identity could not be confirmed and he could not be deported to Belarus. He complained that the state of “limbo” in which he was as a result of his immigration bail constituted an infringement of his right to private life. He also alleged that he had become stateless as result of losing his Belarusian nationality. The court found that there was a violation of Article 8 of the ECHR. On the statelessness question, it was held he could not be considered a stateless person.