General · 11 December 2025
Afghan migrant allowed UK stay after age dispute
An Afghan asylum seeker who said 'I don't know' 158 times and 'I can't remember' 49 times during age assessment interviews has won permission to remain in Britain. The Upper Tribunal judge accepted the migrant's claimed 2007 birth year despite testimony inconsistencies, ruling that epilepsy-related seizures affected his memory and that uncertainty about birth dates aligns with Afghan cultural norms. The judge found his background account relatively consistent.
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