UI2024000087

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 citizen of Iran whose date of birth is recorded as 23 rd October 2002. On 19 th March 2019 he arrived in the United Kingdom as a minor by lorry. On 1 st August 2019 he made application for international protection as a refugee on the basis that he was at risk in Iran because of perceived and actual opposition to the government there with involvement in Kurdish political activities.

              On 17 th August 2002 a decision was made to refuse the application. The Appellant appealed. His appeal was heard on 9 th November 2023 by First-tier Tribunal Judge Row sitting at Nottingham. In a decision dated 11 th November 2023 Judge Rowe dismissed the appeal on all grounds. Not content with that decision the Appellant sought permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal. There were six grounds upon which the Appellant relied but these essentially reduced to the following:

(i)             perversity, it being said that the judge made inconsistent findings with an over-emphasis on the nature of the journey undertaken by the Appellant as the determining factor;