2014646 (Refugee)

The applicant, seeking a protection visa, and their family were involved in a large-scale demonstration and protest. The delegate of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection refused the application, a decision which the applicant sought to have reviewed by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

The Tribunal was required to determine whether the applicant had a well-founded fear of persecution for a reason specified in section 5 of the *Migration Act 1958* (Cth). This involved assessing the credibility and substance of the applicant's claims regarding their participation in the protest and the potential consequences thereof.

Senior Member Connolly found that the applicant's claims lacked substantiating details and that no evidence was provided that could be considered persuasive. The Tribunal concluded that the applicant had not established a well-founded fear of persecution. Consequently, the decision under review was affirmed.