AA v The Secretary of State for the Home Department

Facts

The appellant, AA, is a citizen of Egypt who claimed asylum in the United Kingdom on 30 June 2024. His account was that following his divorce he had received adverse attention from his ex-wife's family, that he had been assaulted by them, and that he would be killed if returned to Egypt. The Secretary of State accepted that he is an Egyptian national but refused the protection claim on 12 November 2024, rejecting the remaining material facts largely on credibility grounds. The appellant lodged his appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) on 19 November 2024 under the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, the claim having been made after 28 June 2022 so that sections 30 to 39 of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 applied. The appeal was heard at The Priory Courts, Birmingham on 17 September 2026. The appellant neither attended nor was represented; the clerk's attempt to telephone him found the number out of service. The appeal submission form referred only to refusal of a protection claim, and no further evidence or human rights ground had been advanced. The Secretary of State was represented and the issues in dispute were Convention reason, credibility, sufficiency of protection and internal relocation to Alexandria, Luxor or Cairo.