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Falling at each hurdle: credibility assessments in women’s asylum claims
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Falling at each hurdle: credibility assessments in women’s asylum claims

The key reason why women are refused asylum in Europe is because they are not believed. So let’s imagine a woman comes to the UK to seek protection from human rights abuses. Let’s call her Malaika. Chances are that Malaika ...

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Debora Singer

Debora Singer has worked at Asylum Aid, now part of Migrants Resource Centre, for more than a decade. Her work involves lobbying and campaigning on the rights of women seeking asylum, particularly through the Charter of Rights of Women Seeking Asylum. She is a co-author of Through her eyes: enabling women’s best evidence in UK asylum appeals, newly published by Asylum Aid and NatCen. In 2012 Debora was awarded an MBE for services to women seeking asylum.