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
SN v Governor of Cloverhill Prison
| 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 |
| Principles: | A District Court Judge must set out clearly the evidential basis for detention pursuant to Section 9(8) of the Refugee Act 1996. |