SLW324 Immigration and Asylum Law Summative Assessment Question 25/26

SLW324 Immigration and Asylum Law 

Instructions:

This paper contains ONE compulsory question. 

Word Limit: 4,000

SUBMIT VIA TURNITIN ON BLACKBOARD BY 2PM ON WEDNESDAY 28 JANUARY 2026

The standard penalties will be applied to assignments which are submitted late or exceed the permitted word length. Appendices, end or footnotes, graphs/tables, diagrams, references, bibliographies, tables of statutes and/or tables of cases are not included in the word count but marks may be deducted if these are inaccurate or inappropriate. Your attention is also drawn to the rules forbidding plagiarism and collusion. 

All the relevant rules and penalties are set out in the Assessments area of the Law Student Handbook. Failure to read the guidance will not be accepted as a reason for infringing the rules on the maximum word length, late submission, plagiarism or collusion.

Question: 

“Despite some progress, women’s experience of asylum and immigration in the UK is most profoundly influenced by their gender because the UK’s asylum and immigration law and practice are based on men’s experiences of migration.” Discuss.

Notes: 

• 4,000 words maximum
• Word count is exclusive of footnotes.
• You are expected to address both immigration and asylum law topics in roughly equal proportion.
• For the purposes of this assessment, you can reuse text from your formative assessment (so you cannot be penalised for auto-plagiarism of your formative).