A small boat migrant who was granted asylum in the UK from ‘dangerous’ Afghanistan returned to his home country for an eight-week summer holiday soon after.
DG Usama travelled 5,000 miles from Kabul to Britain in 2022, brazenly filming his arrival on a dinghy and sharing with his social media followers.
After making himself comfortable in the UK, and taking in landmarks such as Tower Bridge, Canary Wharf and the white cliffs of Dover, the migrant headed off on an eight-week vacation in summer 2024 – to his Taliban-controlled homeland.
Sharing a highlights package of chilled-out moments from the trip online, he showed off fun visits to the idyllic Band-e Amir natural park as well as a ride on a lake aboard an orange raft.
The TikTok star also filmed a convoy of cars taking a tour around picturesque Takhar, in north west Afghanistan.
He then posted a video of his return flight via Dubai, captioning the clip: ‘Back to UK.’
After news of Usama’s holiday reached the Home Office, bosses launched an investigation into the asylum seeker’s status in the UK, The Sun reports.
His first trip to the country came in April 2022, where he crossed the Channel in a crammed boat, one of 2,143 to make the trip that month.
DG Usama, pictured, a small boat migrant who was granted asylum in the UK from ‘dangerous’ Afghanistan, returned to his home country for an eight-week summer holiday soon after
Posing in a grey headscarf with fellow migrants, Usama laughs and smiles at the camera in a 16-second clip, displaying his red lifejacket handed him by a people smuggler.
He added the caption: ‘Alhamdulillah (praise be to God) now I am in UK.’
A second video came soon after, showing his dinghy getting rescued by an RNLI cutter boat with techno music playing over the top.
A third clip included the caption: ‘This is the Afghan tigers!’
He then won asylum at some point between his arrival in April 2022 and his trip back home in summer 2024, although the exact date of this status being granted is not clear.
Usama attempted to persuade UK officials by claiming Afghanistan was too dangerous to go back to.
But by September 2024, he was regaling his followers with exciting videos from his holiday in his homeland, focussing particularly on the country’s ‘Blue Heart’, Band-e Amir.
The Unesco-nominated site lies in the Hindu Kush mountains and boasts six deep-blue lakes known for their clear waters, perfect for a relaxing summer holiday.
He travelled 5,000 miles from Kabul to Britain in 2022, brazenly filming his arrival on a dinghy and sharing with his social media followers
Band-e Amir attracts almost 200,000 tourists each year – and Usama was one of them last summer, joining fellow visitors in taking a dip and heading out onto the water in a boat.
He also shared a video of the site, adding a series of love hearts as a caption.
On the way back, he documented his transfer in Dubai, filming the landing from his seat and showing the city’s airport in further clips.
Usama also showed himself wearing Emirates-branded headphones on the flight.
Then, as week later, he posted an update of him in Rotherhithe, southeast London, while additional clips seem to suggest he has stayed in the UK in spite of his holiday.
His social media accounts also feature videos of him in French cities Paris, Calais and Annecy, as well as in Switzerland and Bulgaria, showing he reached at least three safe nations before making the final push to the UK.
Asylum seekers, or those permitted to stay after making a claim, are not allowed to return to their home country, under Government guidelines.
Tory Shadow Justice Secretary Mr Jenrick said: ‘Illegal migrants like this must be laughing at how naive the Government are.
‘He should never have been allowed back into the UK after he apparently holidayed in Afghanistan.
‘If Germany are regularly removing illegal migrants from Afghanistan back home, why aren’t we?’
A Home Office spokeswoman said: ‘Whilst we do not comment on individual cases, where there is evidence of someone holding protection status returning to their country of origin, it will trigger a review of their status.’
This week, the number of illegal migrants who have made the crossing so far in 2025 reached 32,103, a record for this point in the year.
