TA6-08467

TA6-08467

The panel rejected the claimant's testimony and key documentary evidence as not credible or evidentially weighty due to inconsistencies, anomalies and the availability of neutral country documents showing fines rather than routine coercive sterilization; because the claimant did not establish a serious possibility of future persecution or torture if returned, the claim fails and must be refused.

Citation
TA6-08467
Parties
Claimant / Asylum Claimant: XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX; Tribunal Officer: Duncan Ash; Panel Member / Decision Maker: Milton Israel
Court
Refugee Protection Division
Jurisdiction
Canada
Judgment Date
7 November 2007
Procedural Posture
Refugee Protection Claim Under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act / Final Decision (refused)
Outcome
Claim rejected; claimant is neither a Convention refugee nor a person in need of protection.
Legal Topics
One Child Policy, Forced Sterilization, Family Hukou Registration, Credibility Assessment, Negative Inference From Documentary Anomalies
Source Language
English
Immigration Refugee Law Administrative Law Human Rights One Child Policy Forced Sterilization Family Hukou Registration Credibility Assessment +1 more

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Parties

XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX

Claimant / Asylum Claimant

Duncan Ash

Tribunal Officer

Milton Israel

Panel Member / Decision Maker

Procedural Posture

Refugee Protection Claim Under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act / Final Decision (refused)

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the claimant's accounts and documents concerning unlawful births, fines, sterilization and police pursuit are credible
  2. 2 Whether the claimant faces a serious possibility of future persecution if returned to China
  3. 3 Whether family planning measures and hukou registration practices in claimant's province amount to persecution

Ratio Decidendi

The panel rejected the claimant's testimony and key documentary evidence as not credible or evidentially weighty due to inconsistencies, anomalies and the availability of neutral country documents showing fines rather than routine coercive sterilization; because the claimant did not establish a serious possibility of future persecution or torture if returned, the claim fails and must be refused.

Court Disposition

Claim rejected; claimant is neither a Convention refugee nor a person in need of protection.

Orders

  • Refugee Protection Division rejects the claimant's refugee protection claim.