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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Bancroft

‘I’ve been trapped in Britain for 15 years, I worry my mum will die before I see her again’

Mostafa Rahmani, an Iranian asylum seeker who has been in immigration limbo for 15 years - (The Independent)

A man who fears persecution in Iran has spent 15 years in the UK battling a failed asylum claim, homeless and unable to lead a normal life, after repeated refusals by the Home Office to allow him to stay.

In the more than a decade he has been trapped in the asylum system, Mostafa Rahmani has not been allowed to work or been housed in Home Office accommodation – forced to depend on the kindness of friends to get by.

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