Ayesha Riaz
Keywords: Legal aid for asylum seekers; access to justice for asylum seekers; professional ethics of solicitors that assist asylum seekers; immigration detention; internal displacement; climate refugees; nationality; citizenship and statelessness; UK immigration and asylum law
Working Group(s): Working Group on Courts and Refugee Protection; Working Group on Internal Displacement Law and Policy
Bio
Ayesha Riaz is currently pursuing a PhD at Queen Mary University of London whereby she is investigating the relationship between the British State and Solicitors that help asylum seekers in the UK. She previously worked at a legal aid firm in the UK and provided legal advice and assistance to those that were vulnerable such as detained and non-detained asylum seekers/victims of domestic violence and victims of trafficking.