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Country Reports by Asylum Profile

The scope, sources and supporting documents for a report on each type of South Asian claim.

The kind of claim shapes the report. Choose the profile closest to your client's case to see what a country report for Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal or Bhutan would address, which sources it draws on and what to send with the instruction.

Political Persecution Country Condition Reports

A political persecution report answers three questions for the tribunal: does the party or movement in question face targeting, could the appellant ob...

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Religious Minority Country Condition Reports

Religious minority reports cover the groups that appear most often in South Asian appeals: Muslims and Christians in India, Hindus in Bangladesh, Chri...

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LGBTQ+ Country Condition Reports

An LGBTQ+ report separates the law on paper from what happens in practice. It sets out the current legal position in the country concerned, including ...

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Caste Discrimination Country Condition Reports

Caste claims turn on whether the harm described reaches the level of persecution. A caste report therefore documents the kinds of harm reported agains...

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Gender-Based Violence Country Condition Reports

Gender-based violence reports cover forced marriage and honour violence, dowry violence in India and Bangladesh, acid attacks in Bangladesh, trafficki...

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Journalist & Human Rights Defender Country Reports

Reports for journalists and human rights defenders start from the appellant's own output: what they published or campaigned on, where, and how widely ...

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Diaspora Activity Country Condition Reports

A diaspora report assesses two things: how visible the appellant's activity in the UK has been, and whether the authorities at home are able and motiv...

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Return Risk Country Condition Reports

A return risk report looks forward from the date it is written. It considers how the appellant's profile would be treated on arrival and afterwards, a...

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For a complete overview, see our South Asia asylum explained pillar page.

The next step

Send the refusal letter and the hearing date

That is enough to tell you whether a report will help, what it will cost and when it will land. If it will not help, we will say so.