M.H. (Pakistan) v The International Protection Appeals Tribunal & Ors (Approved)

THE INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION APPEALS TRIBUNAL, THE MINISTER FOR JUSTICE AND EQUALITY, IRELAND AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

1.������ Lady Hale in R. (Cart) v. Upper Tribunal [2011] UKSC 28 , [2012] 1 AC 663 , at para. 47, said that �[i]t is not difficult to dress up an argument as a point of law when in truth it is no more than an attack upon � factual conclusions�. � Just how easy that is is demonstrated by the present application.

3.������ The applicant claims a fear of persecution arising from the alleged murder of his uncle and cousins in Pakistan in 2005.� Later that year he moved to Rawalpindi and worked in a hotel.� He claims that in 2007 he was located and accosted by individuals involved in the alleged murders.�

4.������ He then came to the UK on a visitor�s visa on the basis of a passport in his own name, but with an incorrect date of birth.� The applicant�s brother also resides in the UK.� The applicant overstayed his visitor�s visa, but never applied for international protection in that jurisdiction.

5.������ He worked illegally and was arrested in possession of a false British passport on 15th May, 2015 by Thames Valley and Surrey arrest team.� He was then allowed to stay in the UK for the purposes of applying for asylum (which he did not pursue) and was informed of a requirement to report to the Eaton House Reporting Centre.� He failed to report or to seek asylum, but instead absconded and came to the State, arriving on 26th May, 2015.