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Guidance: Reports of domestic abuse from asylum seekers: caseworker guidance

Uk Visas Immigration

November 25
10:00 2024

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UK Visas and Immigration guidance for staff on the actions that must be taken when a domestic abuse concern has been reported by an asylum seeker who is supported under Section 95 or Section 4(2) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. This guidance applies across the UK.

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Published 16 July 2019
Last updated 25 November 2024 +show all updates
  1. Updated to point to the new version of Minimum standards for responding to domestic abuse disclosures from asylum seekers, which replaces Annex A of this document.

  2. Guidance updated with the following changes: Annex A - domestic abuse referral checklist added; reference to Schedule 2 of the Compass Project Accommodation and Transport Statement of Requirements section 1.2.1 removed and replaced by Asylum Accommodation and Support Schedule 2 Statement of Requirements.

  3. First published.

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