UI2024001228

      The appellant is a citizen of Gambia born on 15 July 1975. He appealed to the First-tier Tribunal against a decision of the Secretary of State dated 22 December 2022 refusing his claim for international protection. The First-tier Tribunal dismissed the appeal in a decision dated 31 January 2024. The appellant now appeals to the Upper Tribunal.

      The is one grounds of appeal which, given its relative brevity, I set out below verbatim :

Ground 1- error of law in light of MAH (Egypt) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWCA Civ 216

       The FTT erred in law at paragraphs 34-35 in light of MAH:

to the witness having worked as a diplomat at the Gambian High Commission in the UK. Bearing in mind the relatively low standard of proof, the accepted facts, no adverse credibility issues being taken against the witness and nothing to undermine the expert confirming that the appellant was a vocal critic of the government, the FTT erred by requiring more of the appellant than was necessary and thus reaching an irrational decision (MAH at paragraph 87);