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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 is a national of Iraq. He claimed asylum on 16 January 2018. His claim was refused by the respondent for reasons set out in a decision dated 18 May 2021. The appellant's appeal against that decision was dismissed by First-tier Tribunal ("FtT") Judge Elliot ("the judge") for reasons set out in a decision dated 27 October 2021.
            There were two strands to the core of the appellant's claim for international protection. First, he claimed that he was at risk because of a relationship that he had formed with a girl whose family were members of the PUK Secret Service. Second, he claimed he had joined the Peshmerga because he believed that would protect him from the girl's family, but he had disobeyed military orders not to fight against the militia.
             Judge Elliot noted that it is not disputed that the appellant is an Iraqi citizen of Kurdish ethnicity and a Sunni Muslim, who comes from Kirkuk.
            The appellant advances six grounds of appeal. In summary he claims:
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