TB4-07781

TB4-07781

The claim is rejected because the evidence does not establish a serious possibility of persecution or a balance of probabilities risk of torture, death or cruel treatment on a Convention ground; the harms claimed (verbal harassment, difficulty finding work or housing, potential social hostility) amount to discrimination or isolated incidents rather than sustained or systemic persecution, and there is no objective evidence that Lebanese citizens with the claimants' profile are being targeted as a group such that state protection fails.

Citation
TB4-07781
Parties
Claimant: XXXX XXXX; Claimant: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX; Respondent: Refugee Protection Officer
Court
Refugee Protection Division
Jurisdiction
Canada
Judgment Date
27 October 2014
Procedural Posture
Refugee Protection Claim Under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act / Oral Hearing Decision (reasons Rendered)
Outcome
Claim rejected
Legal Topics
Well Founded Fear, Persecution Vs Discrimination, State Protection, Women Refugees, Imputed Political Opinion, Country Conditions Assessment
Source Language
English
Immigration Refugee Law Human Rights Gender Related Persecution Well Founded Fear Persecution Vs Discrimination State Protection Women Refugees +2 more

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Parties

XXXX XXXX

Claimant

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX

Claimant

Refugee Protection Officer

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Refugee Protection Claim Under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act / Oral Hearing Decision (reasons Rendered)

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether claimants have a well-founded fear of persecution in Lebanon on a Convention ground
  2. 2 Whether harassment, discrimination, difficulty finding work or housing and risk as single Sunni women amount to persecution
  3. 3 Whether claimants' connection to Syria gives rise to an imputed political opinion that places them at risk

Ratio Decidendi

The claim is rejected because the evidence does not establish a serious possibility of persecution or a balance of probabilities risk of torture, death or cruel treatment on a Convention ground; the harms claimed (verbal harassment, difficulty finding work or housing, potential social hostility) amount to discrimination or isolated incidents rather than sustained or systemic persecution, and there is no objective evidence that Lebanese citizens with the claimants' profile are being targeted as a group such that state protection fails.

Court Disposition

Claim rejected