Illegal migrant avoids deportation after saying he had lost ID papers

An illegal migrant who arrived in the UK on a small boat has avoided deportation after claiming he'd lost his ID documents. 

The Iraqi migrant, who remains unnamed, crossed the Channel into Britain on a small boat in 2021. 

He sought on asylum after claiming his was life was at risk if he returned to Iraq after he refused to help Shia militia in the country. 

However, a UK immigration judge still rejected his asylum claim and said the migrnat had 'sought to embellish his case by claiming that the militia continued to have an adverse interest in him.'

This verdict was then overruled by a judge in an upper tribunal because the Iraqi citizen allegedly did not have his identity documents and could not travel back safely. 

The Daily Telegraph reported that the judge ordered the case to be sent back to the first tribunal which prevented the person from being removed. 

Illegal migrants often claim they lack their official IDs to return to their country of origin because this would lead to problems in their home country proving who they are. 

The unnamed Iraqi entered the UK on May 11 2021, having unsuccessfully claimed G

After he sought asylum in the UK on the basis that his life was at risk in Iraq from a Shia militia, the Home Office at the time refused the asylum claim on the basis that his account of persecution was 'not credible'.

The appeal was rejected because the judge was not 'not satisfied that he was of continuing interest to the militia' despite having been shot after he refused to work for them. 

The Iraqi's appeal has since been supported by the upper tribunal.

According to data from the Home Office, 1,514 migrants arrived in the UK on small boats in the last week. 

Speaking about recent small boat crossings, a Home Office spokesperson said: 'We all want to end dangerous small boat crossings, which threaten lives and undermine our border security.

'The people-smuggling gangs do not care if the vulnerable people they exploit live or die, as long as they pay. We will stop at nothing to dismantle their business models and bring them to justice.'

MailOnline have approached the Home Office for a comment.