A teenage asylum seeker who passed his A levels with flying colours could now be forced to leave the UK.

Latymer School student Christian Bola,18, of Bulwer Road in Edmonton, north London, scored three As in maths, physics, and French in just one year.

He arrived in Enfield in 2004, following the murder of his parents by government-backed militia in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Christian, who spoke little English when he first arrived in the UK, found refuge in Edmonton where he was supported by clergy at St Aldhelms Church in Windmill Hill.

His outstanding academic ability was discovered by vicar David Bolster who helped to enrol Christian at Latymer School, after he excelled in courses at the College of North East London.

Christian now dreams of attending Imperial College London or Cambridge University to become an RAF aeronautical engineer, but his hopes hang in the balance.

The Home Office has already turned down two appeals for residence and, no longer a minor, Christian is faced with the reality that he could be placed in a detention centre awaiting deportation back to the Congo.

Christian said: "It is very important for my future that I am able to stay in this country.

"In the UK I am able to study and do whatever I want in life, compared to back home where there is war and the teachers are on strike and you aren't able to study."

Christian came to Britain following the capture of his mother and father at the family home in Kinshasha.

Christian's father, a former bodyguard to the president was accused of being involved in the murder of the late president Laurent Kabila.

Christian said: "My mother and father were taken away and I was taken to another cell. Four days later I was released, but I didn't want to go home.

"I went to my pastor and I told him what happened to me. He found out my parents had both been killed."

The pastor decided Christian was not safe to stay in the Congo and put him on a flight to Heathrow, where he arrived alone and terrified.

Despite the obstacles, Christian has bravely turned his life around.

He said: "My father always wanted me to achieve good grades and my mother wanted me to do well.

"My exam results are as much for my parents as they are for myself."

A spokesman for the Home Office said: "We are committed to providing protection to individuals who are genuinely in need of protection. But to maintain integrity of the asylum system and prevent unfounded applications for asylum it is very important we are able to enforce the return of those who do not need protection."