AD v Refugee Appeals Tribunal and Another

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Respondent/Defendant:Refugee Appeals Tribunal, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Court/s:High Court
Citation/s:[2015] IEHC 268
Nature of Proceedings:Judicial Review
Judgment Date/s:03 Jun 2015
Judge:Faherty J.
Category:Refugee Law
Keywords:Country of Origin Information, Refugee
Country of Origin:Iran
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/a02105d7-effe-451f-a400-5e642c8a6d93/2015_IEHC_268_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH
Geographic Focus:Ireland

Facts: The applicant was an Iranian national of Kurdish ethnicity who claimed asylum in Ireland. He worked as a mechanic in a garage. One day he took delivery of a car for repair. It transpired that the car had been used in anti-government operations and his employer was subsequently arrested. The applicant’s uncle told him that the Iranian authorities had … Read More

Principles:

Where a document is relevant to the disposal of an asylum claim and it is considered by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal not to be one to which much weight can be given on account of apparent discrepancies in it, it may be necessary to ask the Refugee Applications Commissioner to investigate the matter under s. 16(6) of the Refugee Act 1996.

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