The applicant claimed to be a Somali national of Bajuni ethnicity. He sought asylum in the State and said that he was born on the island of Chula in 1992. He claimed to have been persecuted by members of the majority Hawiye clan, who at various times allegedly murdered his father, shot the applicant, and raped his mother and sisters. … Read More
HHA (a minor) v Refugee Applications Commissioner, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal
| Respondent/Defendant: | Refugee Applications Commissioner, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal |
| Court/s: | High Court |
| Citation/s: | [2014] IEHC 499 |
| Nature of Proceedings: | Judicial Review |
| Judgment Date/s: | 02 Oct 2014 |
| Judge: | Barr J. |
| Category: | Refugee Law |
| Keywords: | Asylum, Minor (Unaccompanied), Persecution, Refugee |
| Country of Origin: | Somalia and Tanzania |
| URL: | https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/48f433ba-9271-4516-830c-11c854e89611/2014_IEHC_499_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH |
| Geographic Focus: | Ireland |
| Principles: | A protection decision-maker is entitled to make adverse credibility inferences which are reasonably open to it on the evidence before it. In deciding whether or not it believes the applicant’s claimed nationality, it is open to it to have regard to information from reliable sources which indicates that the applicant is a national of another country. |