AM & anr (Appellants) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent)
Tuesday 10 February 2026
AM & anr (Appellants) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) (external link)
The appellants appeal the determination of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) promulgated on 13 March 2025 dismissing the appeal from the refusal of asylum claims.
The appellants are a mother and minor daughter. They are citizens of Iraq of Kurdish ethnicity who arrived by boat from France in April 2021 and claimed asylum. The risk is said to be from AN who wanted to marry the mother through an arranged marriage. She fears an honour killing after she married D and refused to divorce him to marry AN. She claims that AN was a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
The First‑tier Tribunal dismissed the appeal on credibility grounds, finding inconsistencies in the mother’s account.
The Upper Tribunal dismissed the appeal, finding no error of law.