Overview

• The Upper Tribunal ruled on July 20, 2025, that the asylum seeker’s appeal must be reheard by a First-tier Tribunal to uphold procedural fairness.
• Judge Anzani found that his credibility hinges on in-person oral evidence and that documented mental health difficulties demand careful assessment.
• The migrant arrived in the UK in August 2012 and originally claimed Iranian nationality before amending his identity to Afghan in a July 2021 appeal.
• The Home Office challenged the nationality switch as lacking substantiation, pointing to only a cousin’s biometric identity card as evidence.
• Court papers showed the case formed part of documents revealing a secret Afghan relocation scheme set up after a government data leak and shielded by a super-injunction.