SN v Governor of Cloverhill Prison

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Respondent/Defendant:Governor of Cloverhill Prison
Court/s:High Court
Citation/s:[2005] IEHC 471
Judgment Date/s:14 Apr 2005
Judge:MacMenamin
Category:Detention, Refugee Law
Keywords:Detention, Refugee, Refugee Law, Refugee Status
Country of Origin:Afganistan
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/c3d6626e-040a-4bae-88d7-7c141aa18807/2005_IEHC_471_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH

The applicant, an Afghan national, arrived in the State and was refused leave to land. When questioned, he said he had a forged Iranian passport for which he paid $11 000 and that his real ID was in Afghanistan. The Garda concluded that the applicant had made no reasonable efforts to produce identification and that he was in possession of … Read More

Principles:

A District Court Judge must set out clearly the evidential basis for detention pursuant to Section 9(8) of the Refugee Act 1996.

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