QDQY v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] FCA 1394

QDQY v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] FCA 1394

The Tribunal properly gave genuine, evaluative consideration to both specific and generalised claims regarding harm to the applicant upon return to Iraq and did not base its unacceptable risk finding on prejudicial or inappropriate reliance on untested police records. There was no jurisdictional error in the Tribunal's process or weighing of evidence.

Parties
Applicant: QDQY; First Respondent: Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs; Second Respondent: Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
16 November 2021
Procedural Posture
Judicial Review of Migration/administrative Decision / Federal Court Judgment
Outcome
Application dismissed with costs
Legal Topics
Visa Cancellation, Mandatory Cancellation on Character Grounds, Judicial Review, Administrative Law – Procedural Fairness, Ministerial Directions Under Migration Act, Non Refoulement Obligations
Migration Law Administrative Law Visa Cancellation Mandatory Cancellation on Character Grounds Judicial Review Administrative Law – Procedural Fairness Ministerial Directions Under Migration Act Non Refoulement Obligations

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Parties

QDQY

Applicant

Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs

First Respondent

Administrative Appeals Tribunal

Second Respondent

Procedural Posture

Judicial Review of Migration/administrative Decision / Federal Court Judgment

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the Tribunal erred in failing to engage in an active intellectual process with respect to the applicant's representations of harm and deteriorating conditions in Iraq
  2. 2 Whether the Tribunal unreasonably relied upon untested and uncorroborated hearsay evidence (police records) in evaluating risk to the community and recidivism

Ratio Decidendi

The Tribunal properly gave genuine, evaluative consideration to both specific and generalised claims regarding harm to the applicant upon return to Iraq and did not base its unacceptable risk finding on prejudicial or inappropriate reliance on untested police records. There was no jurisdictional error in the Tribunal's process or weighing of evidence.

Court Disposition

Application dismissed with costs

Orders

  • The application is dismissed.
  • The Applicant is to pay the First Respondent's costs of and incidental to the application, to be agreed or assessed failing agreement.