UI2024001384

      The appellant claimed protection in April 2019. She said she was Somalian, born in December 2003 and from the minority Bajuni clan. She said she had lived on the island of Chula with her family.

      The appellant claims that when she was around six or seven years of age majority clan members associated with al Shabab came to her village, attacking the inhabitants. They killed her mother and raped her sister .She escaped by hiding under a bed. She subsequently left the island. She said she did not know where she was taken to but later said it might have been Kenya. She said she was afraid to return to Somalia because of her experiences and fear of the majority clans.

      The respondent refused her claim on the 29th of July 2023 on the basis it was false and she was a Tanzanian national. Biometric checks matched visa applications made in 2013 and 2019 in the name of F S, a Tanzanian national born in December 2003.

      The appellant maintained her original claim, suggesting the passport and visa applications were not genuine but had been arranged by an agent.

      The respondent carried out checks on the documentation in the visa applications. The Tanzanian passport provided was found to be genuine. Country information indicated that to obtain a Tanzanian passport supporting documentation was required, including a birth certificate of the applicant and their parents as well as a national identity card. The 2019 application provided details of employment in Tanzania with a travel company.