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Immigration law 2024 FC 2074

Phuntsok v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Judicial review of a refused PRRA was dismissed as moot after the applicant’s deportation. The Court also found the Officer’s decision reasonable.

  • Pre-removal risk assessment (prra)
  • Mootness
  • Reasonableness review
  • Deportation
  • Citizenship status
  • Country conditions
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Immigration 2024 FC 1946

Singh v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Federal Court granted judicial review of a PRRA refusal, finding the officer unreasonably discounted country conditions evidence and the applicant’s mother’s affidavit.

  • Prra
  • Judicial review
  • Reasonableness review
  • Country conditions evidence
  • Weight of affidavit evidence
  • Persecution for political opinion/khalistan support
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Immigration 2023 FC 151

Alajnf v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court allowed judicial review of a refused H&C application, finding the officer unreasonably assessed Libya conditions and relied on speculative future immigration options.

  • Humanitarian and compassionate grounds
  • Administrative deferral of removals
  • Reasonableness review
  • Best interests of the child
  • Humanitarian-and-compassionate-grounds
  • Administrative-deferral-of-removals
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Immigration law 2022 FC 1623

Al-Aswadi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court allowed judicial review of an H&C refusal, finding the officer unreasonably assessed Yemen country conditions by using a personalized risk lens.

  • Humanitarian and compassionate grounds
  • Reasonableness review
  • Country conditions
  • Best interests of the child
  • Inadmissibility for serious criminality
  • Remittal
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Immigration 2022 FC 873

Al-Abayechi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court found an immigration officer’s H&C refusal unreasonable because it relied on a temporary suspension of removals while ignoring the need to return to Iraq to apply.

  • Humanitarian and compassionate relief
  • Temporary suspension of removals
  • Reasonableness review
  • Judicial review
  • Humanitarian-and-compassionate-relief
  • Temporary-suspension-of-removals
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Immigration law 2021 FC 1268

Abdullah v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court granted judicial review of a negative PRRA decision, finding the officer gave inadequate reasons for assigning low probative value to key letters.

  • Pre-removal risk assessment (prra)
  • Section 97 irpa risk of torture/life/cruel and unusual treatment
  • Standard of review (reasonableness)
  • Credibility and probative value of documentary evidence
  • Remittal for redetermination
  • Prra
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Immigration law 2020 FC 617

Arsu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of two H&C refusals, finding the officer reasonably assessed hardship in Turkey and the weight of corroborative evidence.

  • Humanitarian and compassionate grounds
  • Judicial review - reasonableness
  • Country condition evidence
  • Gender-based violence
  • Credibility and corroboration
  • Humanitarian-and-compassionate-grounds
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Immigration 2019 FC 1213

Nsungani v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court dismissed a stay motion in a removal case, finding the applicant had not shown a likely successful judicial review of the officer’s refusal to defer removal.

  • Deferral of removal
  • Pre-removal risk assessment (prra)
  • Humanitarian and compassionate application
  • Stay pending judicial review
  • Standard of review — reasonableness
  • Irreparable harm
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Immigration 2017 FC 228

Mpoyi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court found an immigration officer’s H&C refusal unreasonable, saying the officer minimized violent attacks, misread country conditions, and failed to consider PTSD and the children’s interests.

  • Humanitarian and compassionate grounds
  • Judicial review
  • Adverse country conditions
  • Best interests of the child
  • Psychological/medical evidence
  • Standard of review - reasonableness
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Immigration 2017 FC 100

Giorganashvili v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

The Federal Court allowed judicial review of a PRRA refusal, finding the officer unreasonably discounted eyewitness statements and failed to properly assess state protection.

  • Pre-removal risk assessment
  • State protection
  • Assessment of evidence
  • Standard of review - reasonableness
  • Remittal
  • Pre-removal-risk-assessment
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