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Ethiopian Christian who was kidnapped at 14 by men who tried to FORCE him to convert to Islam wins asylum appeal

Jijiga, in eastern Ethiopia, where country expert Dr I. Ngade has warned that Amhara instability makes safe internal relocation effectively impossible for TA.
Jijiga, in eastern Ethiopia, where country expert Dr I. Ngade has warned that Amhara instability makes safe internal relocation effectively impossible for TA.

Deputy Upper Tribunal Judge Kate Hobbs ruled it would be unreasonable to return the 22-year-old, identified only as TA, to Ethiopia, dismissing the Home Office's plan for him to relocate to Addis Ababa, a city he has never been to. An Orthodox Christian of Amhara ethnicity raised in Jijiga, he was abducted and assaulted as a child by men trying to convert him, leaving him with chronic facial pain, PTSD and depression.

Checkpoints blocking Amhara people from reaching Addis Ababa appear in the Home Office's 2025 Ethiopia country note.

Fewer than 1% of Ethiopians with mental illness get continuous treatment, and some Orthodox believers blame demonic possession.

Country expert Dr I. Ngade warns Amhara instability has made safe internal relocation 'effectively impossible' for TA.

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