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Today we heard that Akbar has won his appeal against the rejection of his asylum application. Theoretically, the Ministry of the Interior can appeal against this new decision, but his lawyer considers it highly unlikely that they will do that, so to all intents and purposes, he has been granted asylum.

I am so relieved I almost don't have enough emotional room to be happy. It's been a long and costly struggle but worth every penny. Now he needs to pass his exams, find a job and start building a proper life. He's done so well so far, I don't imagine he'll have too much trouble with the rest :-)