Wen Wei & Ting Ting v Minister for Justice & anor

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Respondent/Defendant:Minister for Justice and the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána
Court/s:Court of Appeal, Supreme Court
Nature of Proceedings:Appeal
Judgment Date/s:19 Dec 2024
Judge:Woulfe, S., Hogan, G., O’Donnell
Category:Immigration law
Keywords:Border control, Entry (Refusal of), Non-EU National, Refusal of leave to land, Student, Visa
Country of Origin:Malaysia
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/d56fd777-f75b-4b75-a57c-14e76b9e95c0/[2024]_IESC__58_Woulfe%20J.pdf/pdf#view=fitH

Facts: The appellants were two Malaysian nationals who sought permission to land and enter the State at Cork Airport in December 2020 in order to start an English language course in January 2021. They were refused permission to land because the course was to be conducted online and not in person. This decision was made at the time of the … Read More

Principles:The reference to public policy in the refusal of leave to land ground under section 4(3)(j), Immigration Act 2004 should be understood as distinct from national security and as granting wide discretion to the Minister.
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Akram v Minister for Justice and Equality and the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána

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Respondent/Defendant:Minister for Justice and Equality, Ireland and the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána
Court/s:Court of Appeal
Citation/s:[2022] IECA 108
Nature of Proceedings:Judicial Review/Appeal
Judgment Date/s:12 May 2022
Judge:Donnelly, A., Ní Raifeartaigh, U., Power, A.
Category:Immigration, Immigration law
Keywords:Border control, Detention, European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
Country of Origin:Pakistan
URL:https://courts.ie/acc/alfresco/62535f02-327f-472c-bf28-9244c0ea6b0a/2022_IECA_108_Donnelly%20J..pdf/pdf#view=fitH

Facts: The applicant, a national of Pakistan and a student in Cyprus, was refused leave to land at Dublin Airport on 21 October 2017. While he held a visa for the State, he was refused leave to land pursuant to section 4(3)(k), Immigration Act 2004, on the grounds that there was reason to believe that he intended to enter the … Read More

Principles:When refusing leave to land, a mobile phone is among the documents that can be searched under section 7(3) of the Immigration Act 2004, however, the copying and retention of documents obtained from a mobile phone is not permitted under this section.
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