JU v The Secretary of State for The Home Department

Facts

The appellant, JU, is a national of Bangladesh who entered the United Kingdom as a visitor in October 2003. His leave subsequently expired and he remained here without leave. In 2020 he made a protection and human rights claim, which the Secretary of State for the Home Department refused on 31 October 2023. He appealed to the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber). An anonymity order had been made earlier in the proceedings because the appeal originally included a protection claim, and it was not discharged. At the hearing at Birmingham Civil and Family Justice Centre on 2 September 2026, counsel for the appellant confirmed that the protection claim was no longer pursued, so the appeal proceeded solely on human rights grounds under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The appellant gave evidence through a Sylheti interpreter and called two witnesses, referred to as Witness A and Witness B; he also relied on documentary bundles and supporting letters from friends and members of his community, whose authors did not attend. The principal factual dispute was whether he had established continuous residence between 2008 and 2011, so as to found a case based on more than 20 years' residence, and what consequence followed from residence accrued during the appeal.