[2025] UKUT 00277 (IAC)

The appellant’s final ground is parasitic on the first two. He asserts that, had the FTT not erred in the assessment of the appellant’s integration in the UK and the assessment of obstacles to reintegration into Siera Leone, the FTT could have reached a different conclusion on proportionality. As we have found above, there is no arguable error of law in the FTT’s approach to these matters. Therefore, this ground is similarly not arguable. We observe that the offending in question is at the very serious end of the spectrum, as reflected in the 13 year sentence, with a corresponding high public interest in the appellant’s deportation. Even assuming Exception 1 could be said to be met, there was a complete absence of evidence to support “very compelling circumstances, over and above” Exception 1, in order to meet the requirements of s. 117C(6).