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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Daniel Boffey Chief reporter

UK officials seeking to deport asylum seeker mistook him for three other men

A sign for the Home Office in Westminster, London
The Home Office has a large backlog of asylum cases to process, with more than 175,000 asylum seekers waiting for an initial decision. Photograph: Kirsty O’Connor/PA

The Home Office is facing fresh charges of incompetence after officials seeking to deport an Indian asylum seeker from the UK managed to confuse him in its paperwork with at least three other refugees.

Ranjit Singh, 38, who has a large tattoo of his wife on his back, was “surprised” to have been variously recorded as being the dependant of a student, an applicant for British citizenship, a successful candidate for temporary leave to remain and a partner of a man he had never met.

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