Asylum ‘pray to stay’ row deepens
by Emily Jane Davies, Daily Mail:
Iranian migrant ‘told officials he converted to Christianity despite only knowing one commandment’.
The row over asylum seekers who claim they have converted to Christianity has deepened after it emerged one migrant only knew one of the 10 Commandments.
The unnamed Iranian migrant didn’t know that Jesus was born in Bethlehem when he was asked in a religion test.
The 42-year-old didn’t attend church and hadn’t been baptised, but told immigration officials he was a practising Christian after his application for refugee status was rejected in 2019.
A tribunal in which he appealed the decision heard that his claim to Christianity ‘was not the strongest,’ The Sun reported.
Judge Graeme Clarke rejected his bid to stay after making ‘damning credibility findings’.
It comes after the Church of England came under fire for helping Abdul Ezedi stay in the UK after he was granted asylum when a priest vouched he had converted to Christianity.
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