Fornah (Zainab Esther) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Subject Matter

IMMIGRATION — Asylum — “Particular social group” — Sierra Leonean woman fearing genital mutilation in country of origin — Whether member of “particular social group” — Whether entitled to asylum — Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) and (1967), art 1A(2)

[2005] EWCA Civ 680; [2005] 1 WLR 3773; [2005] 2 FLR 1085, CA

[2006] UKHL 46; [2007] 1 AC 412; [2006] 3 WLR 733; [2007] 1 All ER 671, HL(E)

IMMIGRATION — Asylum — Leave to enter and remain — “Particular social group” — Claimants fearing persecution for reasons of family membership or female genital mutilation in countries of origin — Whether members of “particular social group” — Whether entitled to asylum — Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) and (1967), art 1A(2)

[2005] EWCA Civ 680; [2005] 1 WLR 3773; [2005] 2 FLR 1085, CA

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