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Pursuant to rule 14 of the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008, the appellant is granted anonymity. No-one shall publish or reveal any information, including the name or address of the appellant, likely to lead members of the public to identify the appellant. Failure to comply with this order could amount to a contempt of court .
            MD is a national of the Republic of Guinea. An anonymity order is made, the integrity of the UK asylum system and the risk that could occur on his identification justifying derogation from the principle of open justice.
            In 2020, at the age of 15 and unaccompanied, MD arrived in the United Kingdom and claimed protection. MD's protection claim was refused by the Secretary of State on 7 March 2023, and MD appealed to the First-tier Tribunal (FtT).
            A hearing took place on 20 March 2024 and MD, by then aged 20, attended alone and unrepresented. He had asked for an interpreter in the Fula (also known as Fulani) language, but the FtT could not find one. As recorded by the Judge in the FtT's decision: "as he had indicated that he could also speak French the Tribunal organised a French interpreter".
            A letter had been written on MD's behalf by the South London Refugee Association (SLRA) asking for the hearing to be adjourned so that he could find legal representation. As summarised by the Judge:
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