UI2023004947

             The Secretary of State appeals with permission against the decision of the First-tier Tribunal (Judge Hillis) (hereinafter referred to as the "FtTJ") who allowed the appeal against the decision made to refuse his protection and human rights claim.

             Although the appellant in these proceedings is the Secretary of State, for convenience I will refer to the Secretary of State for the Home Department as the respondent and to the appellant before the FtT as "the appellant," thus reflecting their positions before the First-tier Tribunal.

             The FtTJ did make an anonymity order and no grounds were submitted during the hearing for such an order to be discharged. Anonymity is granted because the facts of the appeal involve a protection claim .

             Pursuant to rule 14 of the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008, the appellant MM is granted anonymity. No-one shall publish or reveal any information, including the name or address of the appellant MM, 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 procedural background can be summarised as follows. The appellant is a national of Iraq of Kurdish ethnicity. The appellant left Iraq on an unknown date and travel to Turkey. He remained there for one day and then travel to the UK on a series of lorries.