VC1-04438

VC1-04438

The RPD failed to apply country documentation to the appellants' specific facts and erroneously speculated that their names would not be in police databases; evidence showed the CCTNS and tenant verification are sufficiently functional in the relevant states and the police have motive and means to locate and persecute the appellants, state protection is unavailable and there is a nexus by imputed political opinion, therefore the appellants are Convention refugees and the RAD substitutes its own decision pursuant to s.111(1)(b) IRPA.

Citation
VC1-04438
Parties
Appellant: XXXX XXXX
Court
Refugee Appeal Division
Jurisdiction
Canada
Judgment Date
4 November 2021
Procedural Posture
Refugee Appeal Under IRPA / Decision on Appeal by Refugee Appeal Division
Outcome
Appeal allowed; substituted decision that appellants are Convention refugees/persons in need of protection pursuant to paragraph 111(1)(b) IRPA
Legal Topics
Internal Flight Alternative, State Protection, Imputed Political Opinion, Credibility Assessment, Documentary Country Evidence
Source Language
English
Immigration Law Refugee Law Administrative Law Internal Flight Alternative State Protection Imputed Political Opinion Credibility Assessment Documentary Country Evidence

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Parties

XXXX XXXX

Appellant

Procedural Posture

Refugee Appeal Under IRPA / Decision on Appeal by Refugee Appeal Division

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether an internal flight alternative (IFA) was available to the appellants in Mumbai or another city
  2. 2 Whether the Refugee Protection Division properly applied country documents to the specific facts of the case
  3. 3 Whether state protection was available given alleged police complicity and prior mistreatment

Ratio Decidendi

The RPD failed to apply country documentation to the appellants' specific facts and erroneously speculated that their names would not be in police databases; evidence showed the CCTNS and tenant verification are sufficiently functional in the relevant states and the police have motive and means to locate and persecute the appellants, state protection is unavailable and there is a nexus by imputed political opinion, therefore the appellants are Convention refugees and the RAD substitutes its own decision pursuant to s.111(1)(b) IRPA.

Court Disposition

Appeal allowed; substituted decision that appellants are Convention refugees/persons in need of protection pursuant to paragraph 111(1)(b) IRPA

Orders

  • Appeal allowed and RPD determination substituted: appellants are Convention refugees/persons in need of protection pursuant to paragraph 111(1)(b) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
  • Request for an oral hearing before the Refugee Appeal Division rejected