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             The Appellant is a national of the Democratic Republic of Congo born in 1952. She seeks leave to remain in the United Kingdom on human rights grounds. In particular she seeks leave to remain here with her 5 adult children and their descendants, all of whom are British citizens.
             When this was refused she appealed, and the matter came before First-tier Tribunal Judge Aujla, who on the 4 th April 2018 dismissed the appeal, having found inter alia that the evidence of the Appellant and her family members was not credible.
             The Appellant did not return to the DRC, and no attempt was made to remove her. On the 7 th October 2019 she made a claim for asylum, and a further application for leave to remain on Article 8 grounds. The Respondent refused to grant leave on any ground on the 21 st January 2021. It is against this decision that the Appellant brought an appeal before the First-tier Tribunal for a second time.
             Unfortunately it was not possible to reconvene the hearing before the same panel within a reasonable time frame. Principal Resident Judge Blum therefore signed a transfer order on the 17 th June 2024 and that is how the matter came before us.
         This appeal is brought under s82 (1)(b) of the Nationality Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, because the Secretary of State has decided to refuse a human rights claim made by the Appellant. The ground of appeal is set out at s84(2) of the NIAA 2002:
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