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For nearly three years a young man's life has been blighted bc the HO mistook him for his twin
The worst thing about it is that Hussen's desperate attempts to ask HO what the issue was were repeatedly ignored. This is not 'seeing the face behind the case'
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A story of Home Office incompetence:
On Wednesday I spoke to a Somali-Dutch man, Hussen Mohamed, 27, who's lived in UK since age 10. He applied for EU settlement in Nov 2019 but is yet to receive a decision. Each time he'd call to ask he was told there's a backlog, keep waiting
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