Facts: The applicant was a citizen of Nigeria who claimed asylum in Ireland on the ground of a fear of persecution by her father who had tried to force her to marry his business partner. She claimed that she had escaped to Lagos where she met a stranger who decided to help her and organised her travel to Ireland. Having … Read More
JO v Refugee Appeals Tribunal and Others
| 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 249 |
| Nature of Proceedings: | Judicial Review |
| Judgment Date/s: | 16 Apr 2015 |
| Judge: | MacEochaidh J. |
| Category: | Refugee Law |
| Keywords: | Country of Origin Information, Refugee |
| Country of Origin: | Nigeria |
| URL: | https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/f8de3d23-29a5-45e1-b854-1b6e16c27e18/2015_IEHC_249_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH |
| Geographic Focus: | Ireland |
| Principles: | Where evidence relied upon in a protection application is central to that claim and is rejected, a protection decision-maker has to set out the reasons why. Where country of origin information submitted by an applicant is of a general nature and in part supports it, a protection decision-maker is entitled to prefer the opposite case without parsing all the nuanced differences in the information. Where it contradicts a material part of a claim, it can be relied upon provided reasons are given. When deciding whether internal relocation is reasonable for an applicant, it is appropriate to have regard to the fact that the applicant has already relocated internally in his or her country or origin. |