Christopher Desira
With over 20 years of experience in immigration and asylum law, Christopher is the Director and founding Solicitor of Seraphus and an accredited Supervisor under the Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme. He is special advisor to the European Union Delegation in the UK, a trustee for Settled and regularly supports the wider charity sector. Prior to establishing Seraphus, Christopher was the head of the immigration department at a large law firm and worked for several charities including Bail for Immigration Detainees, JCWI and Freedom from Torture. He has a masters in Human Rights Law from Birkbeck, University of London.
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More articles from Christopher Desira
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UK Supreme Court’s Rwanda Policy Judgment: A Legal and Humanitarian Analysis
Read articleThe UK Supreme Court, in the case of AAA, HTN, RM, AS, SAA, ASM v the SSHD [2023] EWCA Civ 745, reviewed the government’s policy to send certain asylum seekers to Rwanda. This UK Government policy, rooted in a bid to deter ‘illegal immigration’ and streamline asylum processes, faced legal challenges over its adherence, the […]
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Briefing: Human trafficking in the UK
Read articleAs many as 13,000 people are thought to be held in modern slavery in the UK today, with up to 25% believed to be minors. The Modern Slavery Act 2015 sets out the framework for their protection. Under that Act, certain public authorities such as police and local authorities have a duty to notify the Secretary of […]
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A brief history of the Refugee Convention
Read articleThe 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees form the basic framework of international refugee law today, setting out who qualifies for refugee protection and who does not. But where does this framework for protection come from? In its most basic form, the regime […]
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