London: The Home Office turned away a Sudanese asylum seeker who was trying to leave his war-torn nation for the UK because of out-of-date information, according to the Metro newspaper.

In order to assess the country's level of safety and decide whether to grant asylum, authorities had used data from 2021, before the start of the civil war.

In a letter of denial, it was stated that there was "not a real risk" to the Sudanese national from "indiscriminate violence in situations of international or internal armed conflict." Moreover, he wouldn't "face a real risk of suffering serious harm."

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As a result of the violence that erupted in April and claimed hundreds of lives, more than 600,000 people have left Sudan.

According to Metro, based on the dated information, it is unknown how many additional Sudanese asylum seekers have been turned down by the UK.

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A spokesperson for the Home Office stated that they would speak with the Sudanese national to "review his asylum application," and further stated that "all asylum applications are considered on their individual merits in line with the asylum rules and the evidence presented."

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"With over 5,000 Sudanese asylum seekers stuck in the government's legacy backlog, they should be getting on with processing claims and providing them protection," said Hannah Marwood, legal access manager for Care4Calais.