Overview
- Deputy Upper Tribunal Judge David Clarke dismissed the Home Office appeal on December 4, allowing the migrant to remain in the UK.
- The First‑Tier Tribunal had previously accepted a well‑founded fear of persecution and granted protection on human rights grounds.
- The claimant told the tribunal he was trafficked in the UK, saying his passport was taken, he was made to work long hours, and he was coerced into sex before being expelled and sleeping rough.
- His asylum case also cited political activity in Sierra Leone, including membership of the All People's Congress, as part of the risk profile.
- Judge Clarke said the government failed to evidence that the man would not be re‑trafficked, describing the grounds of appeal as "in shambles."