12-11-2017 16:56 via uk.news.yahoo.com

How dropping cigarette butt left asylum seeker with risk of deportation

‘Dropping cigarette butts is not a crime in Syria,’ said the 27-year-old, who arrived in the UK after travelling through Jordan, Egypt, Libya, Italy and France.The safety of a Syrian asylum seeker who fled his war-torn country was put at risk after he dropped a cigarette butt on a London street.The asylum claim of the 27-year-old man is under consideration by the Home Office.
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