The Chicken Nugget Defense... Valid for the UK

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A convicted Albanian criminal has been allowed to remain in Britain after a tribunal ruled that deporting him would be “unduly harsh” on his British son – because the 11-year-old refuses to eat foreign chicken nuggets. Klevis Disha, 39, entered the UK illegally in 2001 as a teenager claiming to be an unaccompanied minor from the former Yugoslavia. His asylum claim was refused but he was later granted indefinite leave to remain.

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The boy, a British citizen born and raised in the UK, has complex behavioural issues, emotional dysregulation, sensory sensitivities and a limited diet, reported the Mail. He is awaiting assessment for possible autism and is on the special educational needs register.

In evidence before the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber), an occupational therapy report highlighted the child’s struggles with certain food textures.

Judge Veloso noted: “C will not eat the type of chicken nuggets available abroad.” It formed part of a wider finding that C’s first language is English and he does not speak or understand Albanian. He has only limited familiarity with Albania from brief annual visits to grandparents.

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