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R (BA (Nigeria) and another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
on 30 August 2011
Appeal against rejection of asylum claim to be processed within UK
The Supreme Court handed down judgment in the case of R (BA (Nigeria) and another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] UKSC 7 on 26th November 2009. The Secretary of State sought to appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal that the respondents could make a further challenge, whilst “in-country,” to their proposed removal from the UK.
The Supreme Court discussed the relevant provisions of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 c. 41, in particular section 92, and the case of R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Onibiyo [1996] QB 768. Declining to follow the earlier authority of Onibiyo, the Supreme Court stated that unless a claim had been certified as unfounded or otherwise excluded under the 2002 Act, the claim was not required to have been certified as a fresh claim to be heard “in-country.” Having decided thus, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeals in a majority judgment.
