Case No. UKUT-00294-(IAC)
Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber

Case No. UKUT-00294-(IAC)

Fecha: 02-Feb-2017

(i) Misunderstanding The Evidence

55. This element of the challenge to the decision of the FtT is encapsulated in the grounds of appeal in these terms: “ The Designated Immigration judge materially misdirected himself as to the evidence and facts. He held that the Appellant is currently sought by the Spanish authorities in relation to the forgery of official documents. He clearly considered that it was uncontroversial that the Appellant had obtained false documents in Spain. He also held that there was ‘no suggestion’ that any group other than ETA had furnished the Appellant with the forged identity documents with which the Appellant was arrested in London or directed him to another former ETA militant on the run in London. All this was either incorrect or in dispute. ” In argument emphasis was placed on the evidence relating to the Colectivo de Refugiados organisation, its undisputed peaceful aims and methods, its non-proscribed status in France and what is said about it in the EAW. 56. The riposte of Ms Anderson on behalf of the Secretary of State is, in summary, that the decision in