CLJ17 v Minister for Home Affairs [2020] FCA 40

CLJ17 v Minister for Home Affairs [2020] FCA 40

The Tribunal understood and addressed the appellants' contentions about the A18 interview, and its conclusion that CLK17 was not of adverse interest to Vietnamese authorities, and that the interview did not give rise to a real chance of serious harm, was open and not illogical, irrational or unsupported by evidence. The challenged credibility findings did not disclose material jurisdictional error. The Tribunal considered the Catholics claim under the Convention ground of religion, which was the appropriate basis, and any failure to separately characterise Catholics in Vietnam as a particular social group did not affect the assessment. The Tribunal's failure to expressly refer to the...

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
05 February 2020
Procedural Posture
Migration Appeal From Federal Circuit Court Dismissal of Judicial Review Applications Concerning Protection Visa Refusals / Federal Court Appeal
Outcome
Appeals dismissed.
Legal Topics
['protection Visa' 'refugee Claims' 'a18 Officials Interview' 'illogicality and Irrationality' 'no Evidence' 'credibility Findings' 'failure to Consider Claims' 'particular Social Group' 'catholic Faith in Vietnam']
['migration Law' 'administrative Law' 'judicial Review'] ['protection Visa' 'refugee Claims' 'a18 Officials Interview' 'illogicality and Irrationality' 'no Evidence' 'credibility Findings' 'failure to Consider Claims' 'particular Social Group' 'catholic Faith in Vietnam']

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Procedural Posture

Migration Appeal From Federal Circuit Court Dismissal of Judicial Review Applications Concerning Protection Visa Refusals / Federal Court Appeal

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether the Tribunal's finding that the purpose of the A18 interview was to establish identity and nationality was irrational, illogical, unsupported by evidence, or made without considering relevant evidence." "Whether the Tribunal's adverse credibility findings about the appellants were affected by misconstruction of evidence or other jurisdictional error." 'Whether the Tribunal failed to consider a claim that the appellants feared harm as members of a particular social group, being members of the Catholic faith in Vietnam.' "Whether, in CLJ17's appeal, the Tribunal failed to consider relevant material consisting of newspaper articles about repression in the appellants' home province."]

Ratio Decidendi

The Tribunal understood and addressed the appellants' contentions about the A18 interview, and its conclusion that CLK17 was not of adverse interest to Vietnamese authorities, and that the interview did not give rise to a real chance of serious harm, was open and not illogical, irrational or unsupported by evidence. The challenged credibility findings did not disclose material jurisdictional error. The Tribunal considered the Catholics claim under the Convention ground of religion, which was the appropriate basis, and any failure to separately characterise Catholics in Vietnam as a particular social group did not affect the assessment. The Tribunal's failure to expressly refer to the...

Court Disposition

Appeals dismissed.

Orders

  • ['In WAD 34 of 2019, the appeal be dismissed.' "In WAD 34 of 2019, the appellant pay the first respondent's costs of and incidental to the appeal, to be fixed in a lump sum." 'In WAD 35 of 2019, the appeal be dismissed.' "In WAD 35 of 2019, the appellant pay the first respondent's costs of and incidental to the...