IA003532020

An anonymity direction was made by the First-tier Tribunal. The appeal before me arises from a claim for international protection and it is appropriate for an anonymity direction to be made by me. Unless and until a Tribunal or Court directs otherwise, the appellant is granted anonymity. No report of these proceedings shall directly or indirectly identify him or any member of his family. This direction applies amongst others to all parties. Failure to comply with this direction could lead to contempt of court proceedings.

                  The appellant is a national of Iraq, from Tuz Khurmatu, and of Kurdish ethnicity. He arrived in the United Kingdom in January 2018 and claimed asylum. He claimed that he would be at risk upon return to Iraq from his father and his stepmother's family, because of allegations made against him that he had sexually assaulted his stepmother's sister. The respondent accepted the appellant is an Iraqi national but rejected his claim that he had sexually assaulted his stepmother's sister.

"I do not accept that the appellant has been accused of sexual assault and that he fled Iraq in fear. It is a fabricated account. It follows that I do not accept that he would be at risk of persecution on return to his home area."

                  As far as the question of 'redocumentation' is concerned, at paragraphs [49] and [50] of his decision, Judge Dixon said:

                  Permission to appeal was granted by Upper Tribunal Judge Plimmer on one ground only, on 31 st August 2021. She said: