BRQ17 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2022] FCA 1044

BRQ17 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2022] FCA 1044

The appeal was dismissed because the Authority's adverse credibility findings were open on the material after the Appellant was given an opportunity to respond, the Authority considered the substance of the Appellant's apostasy-related claims as they were advanced, and the Authority applied the real chance test to the actual and forward-looking risk of harm in Basra province without applying an impermissibly relative test.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
08 September 2022
Procedural Posture
Migration Appeal Concerning Judicial Review of a Protection Visa Refusal / Appeal From BRQ17 V Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2021] Fed Cfam C2 G 177 Dismissing the Appellant's Application for Judicial Review
Outcome
Appeal dismissed.
Legal Topics
['protection Visa' 'immigration Assessment Authority' 'jurisdictional Error' 'credibility Findings' 'well Founded Fear of Persecution' 'real Chance Test' 'complementary Protection']
['migration Law' 'administrative Law'] ['protection Visa' 'immigration Assessment Authority' 'jurisdictional Error' 'credibility Findings' 'well Founded Fear of Persecution' 'real Chance Test' 'complementary Protection']

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Procedural Posture

Migration Appeal Concerning Judicial Review of a Protection Visa Refusal / Appeal From BRQ17 V Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2021] Fed Cfam C2 G 177 Dismissing the Appellant's Application for Judicial Review

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether the Authority's finding that the Appellant had been dishonest and inconsistent in his claims was unreasonable, or constituted a failure to properly consider relevant information or a failure to discharge its task." "Whether the Authority failed to consider the Appellant's claim to face harm as an apostate." 'Whether the Authority failed to correctly assess whether the Appellant faced a real chance of harm in the foreseeable future in his home region.']

Ratio Decidendi

The appeal was dismissed because the Authority's adverse credibility findings were open on the material after the Appellant was given an opportunity to respond, the Authority considered the substance of the Appellant's apostasy-related claims as they were advanced, and the Authority applied the real chance test to the actual and forward-looking risk of harm in Basra province without applying an impermissibly relative test.

Court Disposition

Appeal dismissed.

Orders

  • ['The appeal is dismissed.' "The Appellant pay the First Respondent's costs."]