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Asylum system ...seems mad in this case!

(28 Posts)
Madgran77 Fri 05-Sept-25 13:09:44

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15061481/Afghanistans-health-minister-fled-Taliban-rejected.html

It appears he was refused asylum because the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Schemme is closed not because of his application being considered against clear criteria for granting asylum. Meanwhile the NHS needs trauma surgeons ...and he is volunteering with a homeless charity in order to do something useful as he is not allowed to work!! Am I missing something here?🙄

butterandjam Sat 06-Sept-25 21:52:28

Madgran77

*butterandjam Or you could copy and paste the long link*
Thanks I did above but didnt work. Came up as error. Read it from your new link. Interesting re Covid stuff and leaving country "illegally"- not sure who is judging this though regarding the present govt. in Afghanistan and his statements against them

However, it appears from his history in that link ( and his Linkedin ) that he is not (as reported by the DM)

"recognised internationally for his work as a trauma surgeon".

His medical career was in health management.

www.linkedin.com/in/ferozuddin-feroz-3484a669/

Madgran77 Sun 07-Sept-25 11:15:24

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/03/former-afghan-minister-asylum-seeker-bournemouth-hotel/

Yes it's interesting as he clearly trained as a surgeon and then various reports vary in terms of how long he practised as a surgeon as opposed to in Public Health. Either way, my original key point was that his asylum application should be based on specific criteria relevant to needing/having the right to asylum. NOT on the fact that a particular "programme" linked to a specific country has closed!