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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Court allows review of UK visa rejections for ex-BBC journalists in Afghanistan

A Taliban fighter at a flag-raising ceremony in Kabul.
The claimants’ lawyers said they were at high risk of being killed by the Taliban because of their work, which supported the UK government. Photograph: Ali Khara/Reuters

Eight former BBC journalists who had their applications to relocate from Afghanistan to the UK rejected are expecting their cases to be reconsidered after they successfully challenged the rationale behind the refusals at the high court.

In a judgment handed down on Monday, Mr Justice Lane said the decisions had been made on an incorrect basis and, but for the error, there was a “more than fanciful prospect of a different outcome”.

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