SZCAJ & Anor v MIMIA

[2005] HCATrans 816

[2005] HCATrans 816

IN THE HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Office of the Registry
  Sydney  No S305 of 2005

B e t w e e n -

SZCAJ

First Applicant

SZCAK

Second Applicant

and

MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

Respondent

Application for special leave to appeal

Publication of reasons and pronouncement of orders

HAYNE J
CALLINAN J

TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS

AT CANBERRA ON THURSDAY, 6 OCTOBER 2005, AT 9.24 AM

Copyright in the High Court of Australia

HAYNE J:   The applicants, who are husband and wife, claim to be citizens of Mongolia.  They were refused protection visas by a delegate of the respondent.  The Refugee Review Tribunal declined to reverse that refusal, principally on the ground that the applicants’ claims of persecution were so vague and lacking in detail in important respects that the Tribunal could not be satisfied that Australia owed any protection obligations to them.  An application for a review of that decision to a Federal Magistrate and an appeal by the applicants to the Federal Court failed.  In neither of these Courts were the applicants able to establish any jurisdictional or like error on the part of the Tribunal.  In their written application and supporting materials seeking special leave to appeal to this Court against the decision of the Federal Court, the applicants do not demonstrate any jurisdictional or like error on the part of that Court.  It follows that the application for special leave to this Court must be dismissed.

Because the applicants are unrepresented, the application falls to be dealt with in accordance with rule 41.10 of the High Court Rules 2004. Pursuant to rule 41.10.5 we direct the Registrar to draw up, sign and seal an order dismissing the application. I publish that disposition.

AT 9.25 AM THE MATTER WAS CONCLUDED