RP000062017

Direction Regarding Anonymity - Rule 13 of the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Rules 2014

Unless and until a Tribunal or court directs otherwise, the Appellant is granted anonymity. No report of these proceedings shall directly or indirectly identify him or his family members. This direction applies both to the Appellant and to the Respondent. Failure to comply with this direction could lead to contempt of court proceedings.

The Appellant with permission, appeals against the decision of the First-tier Tribunal, who in a determination promulgated on the 4 th April 2017 allowed his appeal against the decision made on the 19 th December 2016.

The Appellant's immigration history is set out within the determination at paragraphs 2-4 and in the decision letter issued by the Secretary of State. It can be summarised briefly as follows. The Appellant entered the United Kingdom with his mother and brother after being issued with settlement visas for family reunion to join his father, a refugee. The Appellant was then aged 16. His father was granted asylum in February 2000.

The Appellant has a number of convictions. In 2008 he was convicted of theft and sentenced to a conditional discharge of six months. In April 2010 whilst a juvenile he was convicted of shoplifting and again was sentenced to a conditional discharge of six months and ordered to pay costs. In March 2011 again whilst a juvenile, was convicted of failing to surrender to custody and was sentenced to one day detention.