by Steve Dew-Jones | 18 Mar 2020 | News
The UK’s new guidelines for asylum cases involving Iranian Christian converts acknowledge there is a “real risk” of persecution for “ordinary” Christians in Iran, and not just leaders or those with a “particularly evangelical zeal”. The guidelines have been...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 20 Feb 2020 | Analysis
Embed from Getty Images The Turkish government’s decision to stop providing free health insurance to asylum seekers has added to the “desperation” many feel, according to the regional manager of Article18’s partner charity Middle East Concern. Rob Duncan told...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 25 Nov 2019 | News
Christian converts seeking asylum in Germany are half as likely to succeed in their applications today as they were two years ago, a survey has found. The survey by Christian charity Open Doors Germany reviewed the experiences of over 6,500 converts – 70% of...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 6 Nov 2019 | Features
It’s now more than six years since Maryam Bateni Nia and her husband Reza Mousavi fled Iran, where Maryam faced a one-year jail sentence for her involvement in house-churches, to seek asylum in Turkey. And there they remain. Tired, fearful and devoid of hope. In those...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 23 Oct 2019 | Reports
Christian converts seeking asylum in Germany are half as likely to succeed in their applications today as they were two years ago, according to this survey . by Christian charity Open Doors Germany reviewed the experiences of over 6,500 converts – 70% of whom are...
