The monk, who attends the Four Courts in full religious robes, has said he is a symbol of 'the Tibetan root of religion and culture'. Photograph: Aidan CrawleyA Tibetan Buddhist monk seeking asylum in Ireland has been left “in limbo” by the State, which is refusing to give him an extension of time to lodge an appeal against its rejection of his claim for asylum, the High Court has been told. The man, who cannot be named, claims that he left China for “political reasons”. At the High Court on Friday, Anthony Hanrahan SC, for the man, told the court that the monk was “in limbo” due to the lack of progress in the case. In April, he was granted leave by the High Court to challenge IPAT’s rejection of his application which was refused under time limit constraints.
