Not redirecting to the external URL without var_dump() Laravel 5.1

Laravel is not redirecting to an returned external url.

public function main ($status,$projectid,$respid,$country) {
    //Store the passed-in URL parameters to private properties
    $this->status = $status;
    $this->projectid = $projectid;
    $this->respid = $respid;
    $this->country = $country;

    //Run the starting function
    if ($this->verifyId()) {
        $this->getLinks();
        $this->storeData();
        $this->prjUpdate();
        $this->redirect();
    }
}

public function redirect () {
    //Redirect to the set redirect links
    if ($this->status === "Complete")
    {
        return redirect()->away('http://google.com', 302);
    } elseif ($this->status === "Incomplete")
    {
        return redirect()->away('http://google.com');
    } elseif ($this->status === "Quotafull")
    {
        return redirect()->away('http://google.com');
    }
}

The $this->redirect() is not redirecting to the set URL return redirect()->away('http://google.com', 302); but when I do var_dump($this->redirect()); it works. If var_dump() is removed it doesn't redirect.

via Chebli Mohamed