PIMK (Pakistan) v Refugee Appeals Tribunal, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Ireland and the Attorney General

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Respondent/Defendant:Refugee Appeals Tribunal, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Ireland and the Attorney General
Court/s:High Court
Citation/s:[2014] IEHC 535
Nature of Proceedings:Judicial Review
Judgment Date/s:25 Nov 2014
Judge:Eagar J.
Category:Refugee Law
Keywords:Asylum, Asylum (Application for), Persecution, Refoulement (Non-), Refugee, Refugee Law
Country of Origin:Pakistan
URL:http://www.courts.ie/Judgments.nsf/0/ECC98E5F7D0F73A580257DB10043287C
Geographic Focus:Ireland

Facts:The applicant was a citizen of Pakistan who arrived in Ireland in 2010 and applied for asylum. He claimed to be an Ahmadi Muslim and to have suffered persecution there on account of his religious beliefs, having been targeted by a man who was a follower of a hardline Sunni group who wanted to take his money and land. He … Read More

Principles:

Where a protection decision-maker expresses clear reasons in a decision for refusing an application for protection, the court has no entitlement to substitute its decision for that of the decision-maker in any judicial review of the decision.

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