A criminal Albanian migrant who infamously argued that he should not be deported due to his son disliking foreign chicken nuggets has won his appeal to stay in Britain.
Klevis Disha, 39, broke into Britain in February 2001, when he was a 15-year-old unaccompanied child.
When he entered the country, he used a fake name and falsely claimed to have been born in the former Yugoslavia.
While his asylum claim was rejected, he secured UK citizenship in 2007 after being granted exceptional leave to remain, and then indefinite leave to remain.
Disha was jailed for two years after being caught with £250,000 in cash, known to be the proceeds of crime.
Then-Home Secretary Dame Priti Patel ordered he should be deported to Albania and stripped the 39-year-old of his UK citizenship as it had been acquired through deception.
His case was held up in the appeal system after arguing that his son, referred to in proceedings as “C” has special needs and therefore, the family should remain in Britain.
His appeal was heard in 2019, when it was ruled the Albanian criminal should not be deported “on human rights grounds”.
Klevis Disha argued he should not be deported due to his son disliking foreign chicken nuggets
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However, following a Home Office appeal, the ruling was overturned by a tribunal.
It ruled: “We can only see in the decision a single example of why ‘C’ could not go to Albania – ‘C’ will not eat the type of chicken nuggets available abroad.
But now, following a number of hearings, The Sun has revealed that Disha has won the right to remain in Britain after First Tier Tribunal Judge Linda Veloso ruled in his favour, citing Article 8 of the Human Rights Act.
As part of her ruling, the judge accepted that C “has a limited diet” and “struggles with certain textures of foods”.
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Dame Priti Patel had ordered his deportation and stripped the 39-year-old of his UK citizenship
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PAJudge Veloso also noted that C had received crucial support from his school and his improvement was a “delicate ongoing process”.
She also dismissed claims from the Home Office that C had not been formally diagnosed with autism and spoke Albanian as his first language.
“Disha’s deportation would be unduly harsh for C,” the judge ruled.
Following the ruling, the Home Office confirmed it was “actively considering this judgment”.
The Home Office claimed C had not been formally diagnosed with autism and spoke Albanian as his first language
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Last year, Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp fumed: “This case shows how bogus asylum seekers and foreign criminals are ruthlessly exploiting human rights laws and weak judges to stay in the UK when common sense clearly shows they should be kicked out.”
Meanwhile, then-Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick blasted the case as “mind-boggling” and that it was “ludicrous that a judge would entertain it”.
According to Ministry of Justice data, 80,333 asylum appeals were waiting to be heard in December 2025 – up more than double from the 41,987 figure reported at the same time in 2024.