Granting humanitarian protection: caseworker guidance
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider granting humanitarian protection.
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UK Visas and Immigration staff guidance on the circumstances in which it would be appropriate for you to grant humanitarian protection. It also provides guidance on why a decision is made to refuse a renewal or to remove humanitarian protection.
There are two versions of the guidance. One for decision makers considering asylum claims lodged before 28 June 2022 and one for decision makers considering asylum claims lodged on or after 28 June 2022.
Updates to this page
Last updated 1 August 2023 + show all updates
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Minor correction in the settlement section to refer to settlement protection policy and settlement guidance.
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Updated to remove references to ‘temporary humanitarian permission’ in response to the Immigration Rules changes made to paragraph 339QB.
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Guidance on humanitarian protection in asylum claims lodged before 28 June 2022 and separate guidance on asylum claims lodged on or after 28 June 2022. Updated to reflect the changes to the relevant Immigration Rules and as a result of updates to other asylum policy guidance documents.
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Updated guidance.
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First published.