UTIAC For the purposes of paragraph 352D of the Immigration Rules, an adopted child can include a de facto adoption under paragraph 309A but a parent who is a refugee will normally not be able to meet the residence and care requirements of paragraph 309A. Judges: Gill SIJ Citations: [2011] UKUT 378 (IAC) Links: Bailii … Continue reading Mohamoud (Paras 352D and 309A – De Facto Adoption) Ethiopia: UTIAC 27 Sep 2011
A child sought entry clearance as a de facto adopted child of his sponsor who had accepted status of refugee. Held: The changes to the Immigration rules did not extend those rules beyond application to natural and adopted children so far as de facto adopted children.Notwithstanding the grant of entry clearance under article 8, the … Continue reading AA (Somalia) v Entry Clearance Officer – Addis Ababa: CA 1 May 2012
The appellant child, AA sought entry as the de facto adopted child of his sponsor who had previously been given refugee status. The sponsor had taken parental responsibility of AA under the Islamic Kafala procedure. AA had been admitted under human rights law, but submitted that this was less than should apply under immigration law. … Continue reading AA v Entry Clearance Officer (Addis Ababa): SC 18 Dec 2013
The appellants’ mother had been thrown into a well after resisting attempts to rape her. They had then been cared for by another family member who had, along with her natural children been granted asylum here. They appealed refusal of asylum. They could not bring themselves with rule 27. They said that the sponsor was … Continue reading MK (Somalia) and others v Entry Clearance Officer and Another: CA 19 Dec 2008
