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The appellant is a citizen of Angola who was born on 20 March 1999. She was thought to have been the daughter of [E E], who was born on 30 April 1976, but subsequent DNA analysis has revealed that they were not in fact father and child. The Immigration Judge found that the appellant's true parentage only came to light relatively recently. Up to that time the sponsor Mr [E] regarded himself as the father of the appellant.
The current appeal is an appeal against the First-tier Tribunal's decision to dismiss the appellant's appeal under paragraph 352D and under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights as incorporated into English law by Section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998.
The appellant has lived in Angola since she was born. I was informed during the course of the hearing before the Upper Tribunal that she has never been to the UK. She has been residing there with a man called Mankenda.
The appellant appeals with permission of Upper Tribunal Judge Lindsley given on 17 July 2018. Judge Lindsley identified at least four possible or arguable errors of law in the course of his consideration of the appeal:
Whether the Immigration Judge had been right to conclude that the appellant would continue to live with Mankenda, and, if so to what extent that would be the case in the future;
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