Facts The applicant was a national of Sierra Leone and had been given a declaration of refugee status in 2002. In 2008 he pleaded guilty to the possession of drugs worth €70 for sale or supply under Section 15 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 (as amended) and of possession of a false instrument, a false South African passport. … Read More
Morris Ali v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
| Respondent/Defendant: | Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform |
| Court/s: | High Court |
| Citation/s: | [2012] IEHC 149 |
| Nature of Proceedings: | Appeal |
| Judgment Date/s: | 01 Mar 2012 |
| Judge: | O’Keeffe J |
| Category: | Refugee Law |
| Keywords: | Asylum, Refugee, Refugee Status, Refugee Status (Withdrawal of) |
| Country of Origin: | Sierra Leone |
| URL: | https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/ff7c7c81-d0b0-419b-9246-829c0e8cbb47/2012_IEHC_149_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH |
| Geographic Focus: | Ireland |
| Principles: | Section 21(1)(g) provides that the Minister may revoke refugee status where he considers that a person whose presence in the State poses a threat to national security or public policy (‘ordre public’) and that there are reasonable grounds for regarding him as a danger to the security of the State. Regulation 11(1)(a) and (b) provides that the Minister may revoke refugee status where he considers that a person having been convicted of a particularly serious crime, constitutes a danger to the community of the State. The Minister must consider the separate constituents of the phrases “serious crime” and “particularly serious crime” based on an informed and correct version of the facts and act in a reasonable manner in the preparation of his consideration of revocation, in the conclusions he reaches and the decision he takes in reliance on such analysis and conclusions. |