OE v Refugee Appeals Tribunal and Others

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Respondent/Defendant:Refugee Appeals Tribunal and Others
Court/s:High Court
Citation/s:[2011] IEHC 149
Nature of Proceedings:Judicial Review
Judgment Date/s:30 Mar 2011
Judge:Smyth J.
Category:Refugee Law
Keywords:Refugee, Refugee Law, Third Country (Safe)
Country of Origin:Nigeria
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/17ba7042-7a57-4167-b787-d025fabab043/2011_IEHC_149_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH
Geographic Focus:Ireland
References:M.A. v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Unreported, High Court, Cooke J., 17 December 2009

The Applicant was a Nigerian national who claimed to have been persecuted in Nigeria by reason of his homosexual orientation. He arrived in Ireland in April 2008 and claimed asylum. The Refugee Applications Commissioner recommended that he not be declared a refugee and this recommendation was appealed to the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. The Tribunal affirmed the Commissioner’s recommendation on the … Read More

Principles:

When assessing the Applicant’s credibility, the Tribunal was entitled to have regard to the reason given by the Applicant for failing to claim asylum in the first safe country the Applicant entered since departing his country of origin

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