UOA (Nigeria) v Refugee Appeals Tribunal and Minister for Justice and Equality

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Respondent/Defendant:Refugee Appeals Tribunal and Minister for Justice and Equality
Court/s:High Court
Citation/s:[2015] IEHC 179
Nature of Proceedings:Judicial Review
Judgment Date/s:19 Mar 2015
Judge:Stewart J.
Category:Refugee Law
Keywords:Asylum, Country of Origin Information, Persecution, Refugee, Refugee Law
Country of Origin:Nigeria
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/3475c72b-5956-4ff1-a0fe-d351e5e563d1/2015_IEHC_179_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH
Geographic Focus:Ireland

Facts: The applicant was a Nigerian. His mother, a Muslim, married the applicant’s father, a Christian, in 1992, and both of them applied unsuccessfully for asylum in Ireland. In his asylum application, he claimed that were he returned to Nigeria, he would face persecution as a result of being the offspring of a mixed religious marriage and would suffer discrimination … Read More

Principles:

Discrimination on the basis of a disability will not necessarily amount to persecution on a Convention ground.

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