As I said, the UK are not fascists
But there's no indication the father came to the UK for asylum. He's a surgeon, and came with a young child (so had probably already started either training or practising), and Syria and the UK had normal relations in the 90s.
Not granting asylum to actual refugees is, of course, against international law. It is the kind of thing that Trump likes. I see you are saying countries should have been that cruel for 30 years.
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