Humanitarian Application

Navigating Humanitarian Visa Applications

Ram & Co Solicitors understand that there may be circumstances in which the grounds for seeking refugees/asylum under the Geneva conventions may not be available for some persons whereas there will be a real threat of perception against them.This is known as humanitarian protection grounds. Ram & Co solicitors understand the challenges, receive detailed instructions from the clients, assist them to understand their grounds for making a claim for humanitarian applications.

Empowering Lives: Humanitarian Protection Services

• The Qualification Directive creates a ‘status’ called ‘subsidiary protection’.
• Implemented into domestic law on 9 October 2006 as ‘Humanitarian Protection’ (HP) in the Qualification Regulations and the Immigration Rules.
• HP builds upon ECHR jurisprudence prohibiting the expulsion of a non-EU national, if it would breach their human rights and the obligations of the state.
• The Home Office considers HP simultaneously with asylum.
• Outcomes are the same as for refugee status except that a holder of HP cannot apply for a Refugee Convention travel document.

Understanding Humanitarian Protection Requirements:

• In the United Kingdom or at a port of entry in the United Kingdom
• Does not qualify as a refugee
• Not excluded from a grant of humanitarian protection”
• Substantial grounds have been shown for believing that the person concerned, if ... returned ..., would face a real risk of suffering serious harm and is unable, or, owing to such risk, unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country