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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Bancroft

Home Office rejects Nigerian man’s right to stay in UK over links to countries he’s never visited

PA

A Nigerian man has had his bid to remain in the UK rejected by the Home Office because of connections to countries he's never even visited, The Independent can reveal.

In a letter that prompts serious questions about the standard of government decision-making, officials wrote that the man, 57, who has lived in the UK for decades, should have no problem returning to Lebanon or India despite him having no links to either country.

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