DZAAZ v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2012] FCA 1128

DZAAZ v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2012] FCA 1128

The appeal failed because all information derived from the Embassy report and UNHCR December 2010 that was referred to by the Reviewer was either put to the appellant during the interview or appeared in other country information documents about which no complaint was made. The Reviewer was not required to identify those documents as the sources of the information, because their contents did not materially depart from earlier material and there was no reason to conclude that the Reviewer gave them special significance or weight.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
18 October 2012
Procedural Posture
Migration Appeal / Appeal From Decision of the Federal Magistrates Court Dismissing Judicial Review of an Independent Merits Review Decision
Outcome
Appeal dismissed with costs.
Legal Topics
['protection Visa' 'offshore Entry Person' 'migration Act 1958 (cth) S 46 A(2)' 'independent Merits Review' 'procedural Fairness' 'country Information' 'well Founded Fear of Persecution' "hazara Shi'a Applicant From Afghanistan"]
['migration Law' 'administrative Law' 'refugee Law'] ['protection Visa' 'offshore Entry Person' 'migration Act 1958 (cth) S 46 A(2)' 'independent Merits Review' 'procedural Fairness' 'country Information' 'well Founded Fear of Persecution' "hazara Shi'a Applicant From Afghanistan"]

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Procedural Posture

Migration Appeal / Appeal From Decision of the Federal Magistrates Court Dismissing Judicial Review of an Independent Merits Review Decision

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the Independent Merits Reviewer denied procedural fairness by failing to put to the appellant the substance and source of the Embassy report and the UNHCR December 2010 guidelines before relying on them.' 'Whether the information relied on from those documents had already been put to the appellant or appeared in other country information about which no complaint was made.' 'Whether procedural fairness required disclosure of the sources of country information, rather than only the substance of adverse credible, relevant and significant information.']

Ratio Decidendi

The appeal failed because all information derived from the Embassy report and UNHCR December 2010 that was referred to by the Reviewer was either put to the appellant during the interview or appeared in other country information documents about which no complaint was made. The Reviewer was not required to identify those documents as the sources of the information, because their contents did not materially depart from earlier material and there was no reason to conclude that the Reviewer gave them special significance or weight.

Court Disposition

Appeal dismissed with costs.

Orders

  • ['The appeal be dismissed.' "The appellant pay the first respondent's costs of the appeal."]