AVB v Refugee Appeals Tribunal, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Ireland and the Attorney General / XBG and AB1 (a minor) and AB2 (a minor) 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:[2015] IEHC 13
Nature of Proceedings:Judicial Review
Judgment Date/s:14 Jan 2015
Judge:Stewart J.
Category:Refugee Law
Keywords:Asylum, Asylum (Application for), Minor, Persecution, Refugee, Refugee Law
Country of Origin:Albania / Kosovo
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/932620b4-4d8d-48f7-b750-49ccbfe63ddf/2015_IEHC_13_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH
Geographic Focus:Ireland

Facts: The applicants were a family unit composed of a father, a mother and their two children from Kosovo. They were all ethnic Albanians. They claimed asylum in Ireland, stating that they feared persecution arising out of a blood feud. The father’s brother was alleged to have killed his brother-in-law in 2009. The brother’s whereabouts were unknown and, as a … Read More

Principles:

A family which is threatened with retaliation as part of a blood feud is capable of constituting a “particular social group” for the purpose of the definition of a refugee as set out in s. 2 of the Refugee Act 1996.

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