FEDERAL CIRCUIT COURT OF AUSTRALIA
| EBZ17 v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION & ANOR | [2019] FCCA 79 |
| Catchwords: MIGRATION – Protection visa application – review of decision of Immigration Assessment Authority – whether the Authority erred in failing to make a finding about all areas of Pakistan – whether the Authority erred by failing to determine risk in reasonably foreseeable future – whether the Authority erred in not considering expert report – whether the Authority erred in its reliance on the applicant’s failure to make a claim at entry interview – no jurisdictional error – application dismissed. |
| Legislation: Migration Act 1958 (Cth), ss.5H, 5J, 36, 473CA, 473CB, 473DB, 473DC, 473DD, pt.7AA Other materials cited: |
| Applicant: | EBZ17 |
| First Respondent: | MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION & BORDER PROTECTION |
| Second Respondent: | IMMIGRATION ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY |
| File Number: | SYG 2828 of 2017 |
| Judgment of: | Judge Smith |
| Hearing date: | 29 November 2018 |
| Date of Last Submission: | 29 November 2018 |
| Delivered at: | Sydney |
| Delivered on: | 23 January 2019 |
REPRESENTATION
| Counsel for the Applicant: | Mr B Zipser |
| Solicitors for the Applicant: | Buttar Caldwell & Co Solicitors |
| Counsel for the First Respondent: | Mr J Kay Hoyle |
| Solicitors for the Respondents: | Mills Oakley Lawyers |
ORDERS
The application be dismissed.
| FEDERAL CIRCUIT COURT OF AUSTRALIA AT SYDNEY |
SYG 2828 of 2017
| EBZ17 |
Applicant
And
| MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION & BORDER PROTECTION |
First Respondent
| IMMIGRATION ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY |
Second Respondent
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT
This is an application for judicial review of a decision of the Immigration Assessment Authority made on 15 August 2017. The Authority affirmed a decision of a delegate of the Minister for Immigration to refuse to grant the applicant a protection visa.
The applicant is a citizen of Pakistan who arrived in Australia on 28 September 2012 as an unauthorised maritime arrival. On 16 February 2016 he lodged an application for a protection visa. His claims were accurately summarised in the Minister’s written submissions as follows:
9.The applicant is a Pashtun, Syed and Shi’a muslim. He claimed to come from a village near Parachinar in the Upper Kurram District of the FATA. The village was one of the main entry points for the Taliban into Afghanistan and the applicant claimed that the Taliban were hostile to Shias in the area because they refused to allow the Taliban…
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CaseChat Overview and Summary
The court was required to determine several legal issues. These included whether the IAA erred by failing to make findings about all areas of Pakistan relevant to the applicant's fear, whether the IAA failed to assess the risk to the applicant in the reasonably foreseeable future, and whether the IAA wrongly failed to consider an expert report submitted by the applicant. Additionally, the court considered whether the IAA erred in its reliance on the applicant's failure to make a claim at their entry interview.
Judge Smith found no jurisdictional error in the IAA's decision. The reasoning focused on the IAA's assessment of the evidence before it and its application of the relevant legal principles to the facts. The court concluded that the IAA had not made any errors that would warrant setting aside its decision. Consequently, the application for judicial review was dismissed.
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