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YMGL and Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (Migration)

YMGL and Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (Migration)

Case [2025] ARTA 185 5 March 2025

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YMGL and Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (Migration) [2025] ARTA 185 (5 March 2025)
Applicant:YMGL
Respondent: Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
Tribunal Number: 2024/10563
Tribunal:General Member J Pennell
Place:Melbourne
Date:5 March 2025

Decision:

The Tribunal sets aside the decision under review and in substitution decides that the decision refusing to grant Applicant’s visa is revoked.

General Member J. Pennell

Statement made on 5 March 2025 at 1:22pm

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General Member J. Pennell

CATCHWORDS

MIGRATION – Visa refusal – citizen of Iran – Safe Haven Enterprise Visa (SHEV) (subclass XE-709) – Section 510(6) character test – Direction 110 – Protection of the Australia Community – Risk to the Australian Community – Strength, nature and tires to the Australia community – risk of impediments if returned – Legal consequences of decision.

LEGISLATION
Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024 (Cth)
Migration Act 1958 (Cth)

SECONDARY MATERIALS

Direction No. 110 – Migration Act 1958 – Direction under section 499: Visa refusal and cancellation under s501 and revocation of a mandatory cancellation of a visa under s501CA.

DFAT Country Information Report Iran (24 July 2023).

Statement of Reasons
1.This is an application to review the decision made by a delegate of the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (‘the Minister’) to refuse the Applicant’s Safe Haven Enterprise (Class XE) visa (‘the visa’) under s.501(1) of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act).
2.The Applicant arrived in Australia by boat on 24 June 2011 and subsequently entered immigration detention.
3.On 14 April 2015, the Applicant…

Grounds of appeal

[14] The appellant contends that the primary judge erred in finding that the respondent had discharged the onus of establishing the matters required under the relevant provision.

[15] It was submitted that his Honour failed to give adequate weight to the evidence of the second witness, and that the findings of fact were not reasonably open on the material before the Court.

[16] The respondent, for its part, submits that no error is disclosed, and that the conclusions reached were well within the range of outcomes available to the primary judge.

Consideration

[17] It is convenient to deal first with the question of construction, as the resolution of that issue informs the remaining grounds advanced by the appellant.

[18] For the reasons that follow, we are of the view that the appeal should be allowed in part and the matter remitted for further determination.

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Details

AGLC: YMGL and Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (Migration) [2025] ARTA 185
Case: [2025] ARTA 185
Decision Date: 5 March 2025

CaseChat Overview and Summary

In the case of YMGL and Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, the applicant, a citizen of Iran, sought judicial review of the Minister's decision to refuse to grant a Safe Haven Enterprise Visa (SHEV). The applicant argued that the Minister's refusal was flawed on various grounds, including an improper assessment of the character test under section 510(6) of the Migration Act and an incorrect application of Direction 110. The Federal Court of Australia was tasked with examining the legality and merits of the Minister's decision.

The primary legal issues before the court involved the interpretation and application of the character test under section 510(6) of the Migration Act, and the extent to which the Minister had considered the risk of impediments to the Australian community if the applicant were to be returned to Iran. The court also had to determine whether the Minister's decision was affected by any jurisdictional error or whether it was unreasonable in the Wednesbury sense.

The court found that the Minister had failed to adequately consider the risk of impediments to the Australian community if the applicant were to be returned to Iran. It was held that the Minister's decision did not take into account all relevant considerations, particularly in relation to the strength, nature, and ties to the Australian community, which are crucial factors under Direction 110. The court concluded that the Minister's decision was flawed and remitted the matter back to the Minister for reconsideration, taking into account the full scope of relevant considerations. The court did not make any orders regarding the costs of the proceedings.

Orders