13 May 1997
MOC A PAO and Others v. THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION and Another
- Citation
- MOC A PAO and Others v. THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION and Another
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP16/1997
The court held that delay would not bar review given public interest and camp access issues; for five applicants the Board's conclusion that time and improved US‑Vietnam relations reduced the real risk of persecution was within the range of reasonable inferences from available country material and therefore their challenges were dismissed; however the Board irrationally disbelieved material aspects of A6's claim and failed to address whether his claimed links and wartime activities gave rise to a well‑founded fear, so that A6's Board decision was quashed and remitted for reconsideration by th…