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judgments of Simon Brown I and Lord Donaldson MR in the Court of Appeal.Although I will therefore summaries then as shortly as possible, I am afraid it isstill accessory, especially in view of Mr Richards suggestion that it was unjust tofind Mr Baker guilty of contempt in set out the events in some detail.The sequence of events.M is a citizen of Zaire. He arrived in the United Kingdom on 23 september 1990and immediately claimed asylum. The claim was based on an allegation that hewas a refugee within the meaning of the Convention relating to the Status ofRefugees (Ceneva, 28 July 1951’ TS 39 (1954): Crown 9171). He wasinterviewed and he was informed that the <strong>Home</strong> Secretary was minded to refusehis claim to asylum by a letter of 16 November 1990 which explained the basisupon which this preliminary decision had been reached.M was then re0interviwed on 2 December 1990 and given an opportunity tocomment upon the letter of 16 November 1990 and given an opportunity tocomment upon the letter of 16 November 1990. His position was thenreconsidered by the Asylum Division of the <strong>Home</strong> Office and on 17 December1990 a letter was written to M setting out that his further comments having beenconsidered, it was still not considered that he qualified for asylum under theterms of the convention.The contents of the two letters make it reasonably clear that the decision torefuse asylum was due to the <strong>Home</strong> Office not accepting Ms accounts of eventswhich resulted in his seeking asylum. This account involved him claiming that hewas a treachers to take strike action which resulted in demonstrations by544

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