Author: Cynthia Orchard

Cynthia Orchard

Cynthia Orchard is the Statelessness Policy and Casework Coordinator at Consonant (formerly Asylum Aid) and a member of the Advisory Committee of the European Network on Statelessness. Consonant takes referrals for statelessness cases, subject to capacity. Contact: statelessness@consonant.org.uk.

Asylum

Briefing: the new Home Office policy on statelessness

The new Tottenham Hotspur manager, José Mourinho, recently vowed not to repeat his past mistakes, but instead will make new mistakes. The Home Office’s new guidance on statelessness, as with […]

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2nd December 2019

BY Cynthia Orchard

Asylum

How to prepare asylum claims based on sexual identity

Safira,* who identifies as a lesbian woman, grew up in Nigeria. Because of her sexual identity, Safira’s family members abused her, physically and psychologically, in an attempt to “cure” her […]

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4th May 2018

BY Cynthia Orchard

Asylum

How to secure legal aid for statelessness applications

Recently, after being introduced to someone, I mentioned that I work on statelessness policy. When faced with the confused look I am growing to recognise when I tell people about […]

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25th November 2016