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             The appellant appeals with the permission of First-tier Tribunal Judge Easterman against the decision of First-tier Tribunal Judge J Robertson. By a decision which was issued on 25 October 2022, Judge Robertson dismissed the appellant's appeal against the respondent's decision to deport him from the United Kingdom under the Immigration (EEA) Regulations 2016.
             The appellant is an Albanian national who was born on 2 June 1976. He entered the UK illegally in 1998 and claimed asylum using a false name and nationality. His claim was refused and his subsequent appeal was dismissed. He returned to Albania voluntarily in 2005. He subsequently demonstrated to the Secretary of State's satisfaction that he had a right to reside in the UK as the spouse of a Lithuanian national and was granted a residence card as such.
             The appellant has been convicted of various offences in the UK. The respondent first sought to deport him from the United Kingdom as a result of his criminality in 2011. He appealed, however, and his appeal against the decision to make a deportation order was successful. He then sought and was granted a permanent residence card as the spouse of an EEA national in 2011.
             On 7 December 2019, the appellant was sentenced to 14 years and 4 months imprisonment for offences of conspiracy/possessing a Class A drug with intent to supply and concealing (etc) criminal property. The appellant was the head of an Albanian organised crime group based in Peterborough which was involved in the supply of cocaine on a wholesale basis.
             On 7 June 2021, following the usual exchanges, the Secretary of State made a second deportation decision against the appellant. The Secretary of State considered that the appellant represented a genuine, present and sufficiently serious threat to the fundamental interests of the United Kingdom; that his deportation was warranted on serious grounds of public policy or public security; and that deportation would be a proportionate course in all the circumstances.
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