The Commissioner recommended that the applicants, Democratic Republic of Congo nationals, be refused asylum. The applicants had claimed that they were members of the Lendu ethnic group, that they had fled from Bunia to Fataki in April 2003 due to their difficulties, and that they escaped when armed members of the Hema raided the house. The Commissioner found the applicants’ … Read More
OK and Anor v Refugee Applications Commissioner & Anor
| Respondent/Defendant: | Refugee Applications Commissioner & Anor |
| Court/s: | High Court |
| Citation/s: | [2007] IEHC 11 |
| Judgment Date/s: | 07 Feb 2007 |
| Judge: | Herbert |
| Category: | Refugee Law |
| Keywords: | Refugee, Refugee Law, Refugee Status |
| Country of Origin: | Republic of the Congo |
| URL: | https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/9b4a0bd9-e2e4-4cb1-8eb6-7f2c1c6feed6/2007_IEHC_11_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH |
| Principles: | Where there is an error of fact in an asylum decision going to the credibility of the applicant, the Court can consider whether that error is severable from other reasons for the decision. |