ES v Refugee Appeals Tribunal, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, the Attorney General and Ireland

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Respondent/Defendant:Refugee Appeals Tribunal, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, the Attorney General and Ireland
Court/s:High Court
Citation/s:[2014] IEHC 374
Nature of Proceedings:Judicial Review
Judgment Date/s:22 Jul 2014
Judge:MacEochaidh J.
Category:Refugee Law
Keywords:Asylum, Asylum application (Examination of an), Persecution, Refugee, Refugee (Convention), Refugee Law, Refugee Status
Country of Origin:Georgia
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/1cf976e5-c605-4e78-853b-d2da1d231f44/2014_IEHC_374_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH
Geographic Focus:Ireland

Facts: The applicant was a Georgian national. He left Georgia in August, 2008 and arrived in Ireland some days later and claimed asylum. He said that he fled Georgia because of the conflict between Russia, South Ossetia, Abkazhia and Georgia and of his fears of imprisonment as a result of his refusal to be conscripted into the Georgian army, to … Read More

Principles:

An asylum applicant who is unable to submit any objective information to support his or her claim to fear persecution if returned to his or her country of origin is likely to be unable to make out a well-founded fear of persecution and, hence, an entitlement to a declaration of refugee status.

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