Case No. UKUT-00241-(IAC)
Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber

Case No. UKUT-00241-(IAC)

Fecha: 14-Mar-2018

ackground

2. T he following is a summary of the material elements of the appellant’s protection claim , as developed before the First-tier Tribunal, necessary for determining whether the First-tier Tribunal ’s decision contains material errors of law . 3. The appellant is a national of Ukraine , date of birth 30 January 198 1 . He is Catholic and worked as a carpenter. He and his wife left Ukraine in December 2013. They illegally entered the UK on an unknown date and were arrested on 23 December 2014 and granted Temporary Admission. 4. A military call-up notice issued by the Ukrainian authorities was delivered to his parents’ address requiring the appellant to present himself to the mili tary in October 2016. A further notice was similarly delivered requiring him to present himself in February 2017. The appellant maintains that the military authorities have been enquiring about his whereabouts . 5. The appel lant, with his wife as a dependa nt, claimed asylum in March 2017. He fear ed that he would be subjected to serious ill-treatment as a draft evader and because his political activities as a supporter of the Party of the Regions. We need say no more in relation to the 2 nd basis of the protection claim as the political landscape in Ukraine has materially changed since the appellant departed . The appeal before the First-tier Tribunal concentrated almost exclusively on the consequences of the appellant’s draft evasion.