Mawed v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 1680

The applicant did not make out any ground for review of the Tribunal's decision allowed by s 476 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth). The application for review therefore had to be dismissed with costs.

Jurisdiction: Australia
Judgment Date: 28 September 2001
Procedural Posture: Application Under S 476 of the Migration Act 1958 (cth) for Review of a Refugee Review Tribunal Decision Affirming Refusal of a Protection Visa / Federal Court Hearing and Judgment
Outcome: Application dismissed with costs.
Legal Topics: ['protection Visa' 'judicial Review of Refugee Review Tribunal Decision' 'convention Related Persecution' 'stateless Palestinian Applicant' 'article 1(d) of the Refugees Convention']

['migration Law' 'refugee Law' 'administrative Law'] ['protection Visa' 'judicial Review of Refugee Review Tribunal Decision' 'convention Related Persecution' 'stateless Palestinian Applicant' 'article 1(d) of the Refugees Convention']

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Procedural Posture

Application Under S 476 of the Migration Act 1958 (cth) for Review of a Refugee Review Tribunal Decision Affirming Refusal of a Protection Visa / Federal Court Hearing and Judgment

Legal Issues

1 ["Whether the applicant made out a ground for review under s 476 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) of the Tribunal's decision affirming refusal of a protection visa." "Whether the Tribunal's conclusion that the applicant did not face a real chance of Convention-related persecution in Syria was affected by reviewable error."]

Ratio Decidendi

The applicant did not make out any ground for review of the Tribunal's decision allowed by s 476 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth). The application for review therefore had to be dismissed with costs.

Court Disposition

Application dismissed with costs.

Orders

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