Iraqi migrant wins asylum appeal over death threats claim

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 26 Oct, 22:20 · Archive

An Iraqi migrant has won an asylum appeal after a judge accepted he faced death threats following an affair with another man's wife.

An Iraqi migrant in his twenties has won an asylum appeal after a judge accepted his account of facing death threats and serious harm if returned home. The man, known as HI, arrived in the UK in November 2021 and had his asylum and human rights claims rejected in August 2024. Home Office officials had challenged his story as inconsistent and implausible.

During a hearing in Manchester in October, Judge C R Cole heard that HI's relationship with a woman began before she was married. After her father arranged for her to marry another man, the affair continued until the couple were discovered by the husband, who was shot during the confrontation. HI subsequently fled to a friend's house and then left the country after learning death threats had been made against him.

The husband is described as a well-connected and powerful figure within the Kurdistan Democratic Party. Judge Cole found the migrant's account plausible, describing it as a coherent account of 'a surprising and emotion-filled event that was understandably chaotic and frightening'. The judge concluded that returning HI to Iraq would put him at risk of serious harm from the woman's husband and family.

How it is being reported

• Iraqi migrant granted asylum after sleeping with another man’s wifeThe migrant claimed to have fled his home country amid "death threats" from his lover's husband, putting him "at risk of serious harm" upon his return.Daily Express · 26 Oct, 21:49
• Iraqi migrant will not be deported amid claims he faces death threats after sleeping with another man's wifeAn Iraqi migrant has won an asylum appeal after a judge accepted he had faced "death threats" after his affair with another man's wife was exposed. The man, known only as HI and aged in his twenties, escaped a confrontation with the husband after his lover was shot. Home Office officials had challenged HI’s story as inconsistent and implausible, but Judge C R Cole found that sending the migrant back to Iraq would put him "at risk of serious harm" from the woman’s husband and family. The husband was said to be a "well-connected and powerful" man within the Kurdistan Democratic Party. TRENDING…GB News · 26 Oct, 16:08

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