Well if there was a proper robust system in place to review the application then this query could be reviewed. He would then be either a genuine asylum seeker or an illegal immigrant depending on the findings.He hasn’t lived in the UK for that period of time, he has lived in Europe, I believe he lived in Germany for 10 years - should the tories have processed his claim in Germany? Where was he fleeing from?
Without an application review then your question can't be accurately answered.