Hui Quin Li v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [1999] FCA 751

The application was dismissed because the applicant's fear of persecution by her husband was not shown to be persecution by government, tolerated by government, or beyond government control, and she did not identify a qualifying social group for convention purposes.

Jurisdiction: Australia
Judgment Date: 01 June 1999
Procedural Posture: Application for an Order of Review of a Decision of the Refugee Review Tribunal Upholding a Decision to Decline a Protection Visa / Final Judgment
Outcome: Application dismissed with costs.
Legal Topics: ['protection Visa' 'refugee Review Tribunal Review' 'fear of Persecution by Husband' 'membership of a Social Group']

['immigration Law' 'refugee Law' 'administrative Law'] ['protection Visa' 'refugee Review Tribunal Review' 'fear of Persecution by Husband' 'membership of a Social Group']

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Procedural Posture

Application for an Order of Review of a Decision of the Refugee Review Tribunal Upholding a Decision to Decline a Protection Visa / Final Judgment

Legal Issues

1 ["Whether fear of persecution by the applicant's husband was within the ambit of the relevant convention for refugee status." 'Whether the applicant identified a social group to which she belonged for the purposes of the convention.']

Ratio Decidendi

Court Disposition

Application dismissed with costs.

Orders

['The application be dismissed.' "The applicant pay the respondent's costs of the application."]