- BY Colin Yeo
12 year old refused asylum because not carrying documents to prove case
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A little taster of the depths to which some civil servants sink in cooking up reasons to refuse asylum claimants:
I agree with Mr Yeo’s submission that the respondent’s repeated assertion that the appellant has no documents to prove various parts of his case is absurd. I agree that it would be inherently unlikely that a 12 year old child smuggled to the UK would be left in possession of any documents on his arrival in the UK or that he would be able to obtain such documents from Afghanistan after his arrival.
Appeal just allowed in the First-tier Tribunal, happily.
Interested in refugee law? You might like Colin's book, imaginatively called "Refugee Law" and published by Bristol University Press.
Communicating important legal concepts in an approachable way, this is an essential guide for students, lawyers and non-specialists alike.
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*bangs head on desk*
It’s been all about the numbers since May 2010 and will continue to be so. Is “reducing net migration” a relevant consideration under the 51 convention or Art. 8(2)? :p