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The appellant has appealed against a decision of First-tier Tribunal ('FTT') Judge Agnew, sent on 21 March 2019, dismissing his appeal on protection and human rights grounds.
The appellant is a citizen of Sierra Leone. He entered the UK as far back as 1985, and as such has a very lengthy immigration history. This is set out in detail in the FTT's decision and it is only necessary for me to summarise it here. In 1990 the appellant was sentenced to ten years imprisonment for drug offences. In 1995 he was granted refugee status. In 2001 he was imprisoned again for dishonesty offences. In 2008 he was given an indeterminate prison sentence with a minimum tariff of five years, having been convicted of rape and sexual assault.
In a decision dated 13 December 2013 the respondent decided to deport the appellant and 'cease' his refugee status. The appellant was released from custody in January 2018.
The FTT declined to adjourn the appeal in order to obtain a copy of the January 2019 OASYS report concerning the appellant. The FTT then dismissed the appeal on Refugee Convention and human rights grounds having made the following findings:
a) The appellant failed to rebut the presumption that he is a danger to the community and as such the certificate under s. 72 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 ('the 2002 Act') was upheld.
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