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Heard at Field House on 30 June 2008. The country guidance in AB and DM (Risk Categories Reviewed Tutsis Added) DRC CG [2005] UKAIT 00118 is confirmed subject to adding that members of the Hema tribe are likely to be treated by the authorities in the DRC in the same way as Tutsis and Rwandans and may be at risk of persecution on return to the Ituri region.
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