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Rudd still pushing to kick out Bigzad
Home Office position ‘remains unchanged’

The Home Office still plans to refuse an asylum-seeker the right to remain despite losing three court orders demanding his return to Britain after he was illegally deported to Afghanistan last week.

Samim Bigzad was finally returned to Britain on Sunday after spending five days in a hotel in Kabul where armed men were seen outside.

The 22-year-old says he is wanted by the Taliban because he worked for a US company while living in Afghanistan two years ago.

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