Interpol And Immigration: How Bad-Faith Red Notices Derail Good-Faith Asylum Applications
In the United Kingdom asylum applications are subject to rigorous examination by the Home Office to uphold national security imperatives. Applications are checked against the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS) and the Interpol database. The issuance of an Interpol Red Notice against an individual prompts heightened scrutiny and could lead to the Home Office rejecting the application on the grounds that the applicant’s good character is tarnished or that there are serious reasons for considering that the applicant has committed a serious non-political criminal offence in another country. This article looks at how a Red Notice can derail a genuine asylum application in the UK on the basis that the applicant has committed a serious non-political crime. The next article in this series in this series will look at the ways a Red Notice can derail an application for UK citizenship on the basis that an applicant is not of good character. To stay in the UK as a r...