United Kingdom Immigration and Asylum (AIT/IAC) Unreported Judgments

Upper Tribunal

(Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Appeal Number: PA/08094/2016

 

THE IMMIGRATION ACTS

Heard at Field House	Decision & Reasons Promulgated
On 25 th August 2017	On 1 st September 2017

 

Before

 

UPPER TRIBUNAL JUDGE MARTIN

 

 

Between

 

mr twana mohammed ibrahim

(ANONYMITY DIRECTIONNOT MADE)

Appellant

 

and

 

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT

 

Respondent

 

Representation :

 

For the Appellant: Mr S Harding (instructed by Sentinel Solicitors)

For the Respondent: Mr S Walker (Senior Home Office Presenting Officer)

 

 

DECISION AND REASONS

 

1.              This is an appeal to the Upper Tribunal by the Secretary of State in relation to a Decision of Judge Rayner in the First-tier Tribunal following a hearing at Taylor House on 3 ^rd March 2017. The Decision and Reasons is dated 26 ^th April 2017 and the judge allowed the appeal on asylum grounds. The Secretary of State sought and was granted permission to appeal the second time of asking by an Upper Tribunal Judge on the basis it was arguable that the Respondent proposed to return the Appellant to Erbil and that being overlooked by the Judge, there was a possible error of law. However, as was accepted by Mr Walker this morning the Respondent did not propose to return the Appellant to Erbil; rather the Respondent proposed to return the Appellant to Baghdad and it was then for him to make his own way to Erbil. That is the only reason the matter comes before me today and the judge at paragraph 56(1) dealt with the issue of travelling to the IKR and in the final sentence noted that the Respondent had not demonstrated how the Appellant might travel from Baghdad to the IKR. The judge found that in the absence of such information travel between the two places was not practical and therefore internal relocation not an option for the Appellant. That being the only issue before me I find that the Decision and Reasons did not contain a material error of law and the appeal to the Upper Tribunal therefore is dismissed.

Notice of Decision

 

The Secretary of State's appeal to the Upper Tribunal is dismissed.

 

No anonymity direction is made.

 

 

 

 

 

Signed Date 1 ^st September 2017

 

 

Upper Tribunal Judge Martin

 

TO THE RESPONDENT

FEE AWARD

 

No fee is paid or payable and therefore there can be no fee award.

 

 

 

 

Signed Date 1 ^st September 2017

 

 

Upper Tribunal Judge Martin