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Home Office Opens Urgent Review After Asylum Recipient Posts Return Trip to Afghanistan

UK rules typically bar refugees from visiting their country of origin, with such evidence triggering a status review.

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DG Usama posted videos and photos on social media from Afghanistan over eight weeks last summer

Overview

  • A man using the name DG Usama arrived in the UK by small boat in April 2022 and filmed an RNLI rescue during the crossing.
  • He was granted protection at some point between 2022 and summer 2024, then posted videos of a roughly six-week visit to Afghanistan, including Kabul, Band-e Amir and Takhar.
  • He later shared clips showing a return via Dubai and posted from Rotherhithe in London, indicating he was back in Britain.
  • The Sun alerted officials, and the Home Office confirmed an urgent review of his protection status is under way, with no final decision announced.
  • Official guidance states refugees generally must not travel to their country of origin, and Conservative politician Robert Jenrick criticised the government’s handling of the case.