An asylum seeker from Tajikistan has been allowed to stay in the UK because he would have had to shave his beard off if he was deported.
The unnamed man won an appeal after arguing that he could be tortured and have his facial hair forcibly removed if he was sent back home.
The Home Office tried to deport him back to the Central Asian state, but an asylum court has now ruled that he may be entitled to international protection in the UK because of his beard.
