• Asylum Support Appeals Project - Duty Scheme

Asylum Support Appeals Project
- Duty Scheme

Asylum Support Appeals Project – Duty Scheme

Asylum Support Appeals Project (ASAP) is a charity which aims to protect asylum seekers' legal right to food and shelter. We aim to ensure that asylum seekers have access to competent legal advice and representation concerning asylum support appeals.

ASAP works as a second tier advice agency for voluntary sector advice agencies and refugee community organisations who give advice to asylum seekers on asylum support issues. This means that we are normally not able to give advice directly to asylum seekers.

Duty Scheme

ASAP are at the Asylum Support Tribunal (Croydon) on Mondays, Tuesday and Thursdays where asylum seekers can get free legal representation and advice in their asylum support appeals. There is no public funding available for legal representation for asylum support appeals. As a result, 99% of the appellants attend their oral hearings with no legal representative.

The Duty Scheme is run with the assistance of a team of volunteer lawyers. Referrals for the Duty Scheme are made via ASAP’s advice line.

For further information about ASAP please visit their website here.

Wesite: http://www.asaproject.org/web/index.php