RP001792018

This is an appeal brought by the respondent. However, for convenience I will continue to refer to the parties hereinafter as they appeared before the First-tier Tribunal.

The respondent appeals against the decision of First-tier Tribunal Judge Howard ('the Judge') issued on 3 July 2019 by which the appellant's appeal against the decision of the respondent to revoke his refugee status and replace it with discretionary leave to remain was allowed.

Pursuant to Rule 14 of the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008 (SI 2008/269) I make an anonymity order:

Unless the Upper Tribunal or a court directs otherwise, no report of these proceedings or any formal publication thereof shall directly or indirectly identify the appellant. This direction applies to, amongst others, the appellant and the respondent. Any failure to comply with this direction could give rise to contempt of court proceedings. I do so in order to avoid the likelihood of serious harm arising to the appellant from the content of his protection claim.

"... you were convicted by the jury for being involved in smuggling large quantities of tobacco into this country. You were involved in arranging for the shipping containers to be delivered to storage sites and thereafter you were involved in the delivery of boxes of tobacco to customers in the United Kingdom. I am satisfied that this was an operation which involved significant planning and accordingly falls within a high culpability. The value of the duty evaded was £9.8 million, just over."