The applicant a national of the Ivory Coast and a Muslim claimed a well-founded fear because of his religion. The applicant recounted how he had been employed as a government driver but following a change in government to one that discriminated against Muslims suffered persecution.
The Tribunal found that the country of origin information indicated that there was serious discrimination against Muslims in the Ivory Coast, but concluded that the applicant’s particular story was not credible. The Court quashed the Tribunal’s decision finding that the Tribunal was obliged as a matter of fair procedures to assess the applicant’s story in the context of what is known about the conditions in the Ivory Coast and that its failure to do so rendered its decision invalid
