OK and Anor v Refugee Applications Commissioner & Anor

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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

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

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.

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