UI2023000483

       The Secretary of State is the appellant in these proceedings. For convenience I will continue to refer to the parties from now on as in the First-tier Tribunal.

       The appellant is a Kurdish national of Iran. Following an age assessment his date of birth was taken as January 1991. The appellant had claimed he was two years younger. He claimed to have entered the United Kingdom on or about the 14 th or 15 th of August 2009. He made a claim for protection on 17 August 2009. The gist of his claim was that he left school at the age of 11 and helped in the family shop. He smuggled alcohol from Turkey. The shop was raided by the security forces but he was not caught. He left Iran in June 2009.

       His appeal was heard by Immigration Judge North at Stoke-on-Trent on 22 February 2010. His appeal was dismissed in a decision promulgated on 8 March 2010.The judge made adverse credibility findings and concluded his claimed low-level activities would not bring him to the adverse attention of the Iranian authorities. The judge was critical of his failure to give his correct personal details. The appellant has remained here since.

       On 16 January 2021 the respondent made a deportation order. In September 2014 he was convicted in the Magistrates court of selling counterfeit tobacco to a minor. He was fined. On 6 November 2020 he was convicted in the Crown Court for offences relating to the sale of tobacco and also having identity documents not belonging to him. He was sentenced to imprisonment totalling 12 months.

       The appellant then raised human rights issues and a further protection claim including claims about his activities in the United Kingdom. These were rejected on 30 March 2022. He then appealed.