UI2024002492

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 .

      The Appellant appeals with the permission of First-tribunal Judge Gumsley granted on 23 rd May 2024 against the decision of First-tier Tribunal Judge Webb. By their decision of 13 th April 2024, Judge Webb ('the Judge') dismissed the Appellant's appeal against the Respondent's decision dated 24 th August 2023 to refuse his protection and human rights claim.

      The Appellant is a citizen of Bangladesh, who pursued his protection claim on the basis that he was an activist for the BNP. The Appellant had entered the UK on 8 th January 2020 on a false document, which contained a student visa that he had obtained in Bangladesh. He subsequently claimed asylum on 15 th March 2022.

      In her decision, the Respondent had accepted the Appellant's identity and that he was a low level supporter of the BNP. The Respondent also accepted that if the Appellant was at risk, this would be as a result of a Refugee Convention reason, namely his political opinion. The Respondent considered that the Appellant's actions had engaged s.8 Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc) Act 2004 ('the 2004 Act'). This was because the Appellant had used a false document to enter the UK and had delayed claiming asylum by over two years after his entry in 2020.