Can’t Stay. Can’t Go. Refused asylum seekers who cannot be returned   43 Appendix: Our refused asylum seekers See page 12 for the stories of Faheem, Kasim and Walid, page 15 for Anwar’s story, and page 28 for Enaya, Kayla and Bisrat. Aman’s story Aman is 36 years old and comes from Diyala in Iraq. He does not have ID that will allow him to obtain documentation to return to Iraq. The Home Office expects him to use his family in Iraq to help him obtain ID. Aman has lost touch with his family. He has had no news from them for many months and is very worried for their safety. The Home Office has accepted that Aman’s return to Iraq is currently not feasible. However, the onus is on Aman to demonstrate why he cannot obtain documentation. Aman has contacted the Red Cross restoring family links service to try to find his family. These enquiries are still ongoing but so far have had no success. Dawit’s story Dawit is 29 years old and comes from Eritrea. He was born in Ethiopia, but was deported to Eritrea with his family during the war when he was 13 years old. Dawit has no Eritrean ID. The Home Office believes Dawit is Ethiopian. He is currently living in limbo in the UK and is trying to address his situation. The Red Cross provided funding for Dawit to travel to the Ethiopian embassy to try to establish his nationality. However, the embassy refused to see him and assess him. The Red Cross has also written to the Ethiopian embassy to ask its staff to interview Dawit in order to establish whether he is an Ethiopian national. Over a year later, he is still awaiting a response to this request. Fiyori’s story Fiyori is 25 years old and comes from Eritrea. She is in the UK with her husband, also from Eritrea, and two small children, who were both born here. The Home Office does not accept that Fiyori is Eritrean because she does not speak fluent Tigrinya. It believes she is Ethiopian. The Red Cross is supporting Fiyori in her attempts to contact the Ethiopian embassy to confirm her nationality. She has no documentation to show she is Ethiopian, and so she is unable to even get an appointment with them. Fiyori has also approached the Eritrean embassy in London. However, because she has no ID to prove she is Eritrean, she was told that she needs three Eritrean nationals, recognised by the embassy, to confirm that she is Eritrean in order to progress any further enquiries. Fiyori cannot be returned to either Ethiopia or Eritrea without ID to obtain a travel document. She is currently stuck living in limbo in the UK. Joshua’s story Joshua is 38 years old and was born in Gondar, Ethiopia. He is Ethiopian by birth. His parents took him to Tanzania as a baby, where he lived with his father. Joshua has never had a passport. He has been in the UK for over 16 years. The Home Office Asylum team does not believe Joshua to be Ethiopian; they say he is Tanzanian. Joshua tried to get re-documented at the Ethiopian embassy but without success. Eleven years ago, Joshua was detained by the Home Office, which attempted to enforce his removal to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. However, when he reached Heathrow Airport he was told that the removal had been cancelled. In 2013, unable to prove his nationality, Joshua made a Stateless application. Two years later, this was refused. The Home Office Stateless team concluded that Joshua is of Ethiopian nationality by birth, but they were not satisfied that he had provided enough evidence to suggest that the Ethiopian embassy will not accept him as a citizen. Joshua has since visited the Ethiopian embassy again. The staff told him that without documentation they cannot make an appointment to assist him. Joshua also approached the Tanzanian embassy. He was told that it has no record of him and would need his birth certificate or passport to establish citizenship. Joshua states that he would be happy to go to Tanzania if the Home Office could organise this with the Tanzanian authorities. He does not think he has any chance of being re-documented to go to Ethiopia because he does not speak Amharic. In 2015, Joshua submitted evidence of his embassy visits to be considered as a fresh claim for asylum. He provided his coach ticket to London and a note from the receptionist at the Ethiopian embassy stating they were unable to assist him further. He was told, once again,