UK - House of Lords, 18 October 2006, Secretary of State for the Home Department v. K (linked with Fornah v. Secretary of State for the Home Department)
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What was at stake
EDAL summary. The case concerned the issue of whether ‘family’ constitutes a particular social group. The applicant was recognised as a refugee on the basis of her well founded fear of persecution as a member of he...
What the court decided
The House of Lords held that family could constitute a particular social group for the purposes of refugee status. The applicant was recognized as a refugee due to her well-founded fear of persecution as a member of her husband's family.
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