The Case

Immigration - Asylum seeker. In the instant case, a First Information Report and correspondence from the Muslim Association submitted by the claimant following refusals of his asylum claim by the Secretary of State, an adjudicator and thereafter an Immigration and Asylum Tribunal, did not amount to a fresh claim within the meaning of r353 of the Immigration Rules 1999. The fact was that it was impossible to discern precisely what the nature of the report was, and further, that there had been no explanation as to its provenance. In respect of the correspondence, that had not given sufficient and reliable information which could have proved the claimant's claim.