Facts: The applicant was a national of Bangladesh who unsuccessfully applied for asylum in Ireland and later became the subject of a deportation order. He claimed to have been a political activist in Bangladesh and to have been forced into hiding to escape the attentions of the authorities after he organised a secret opposition meeting. He omitted to mention that … Read More
AS v Minister for Justice
| Respondent/Defendant: | Minister for Justice and Equality |
| Court/s: | High Court |
| Citation/s: | [2015] IEHC 417 |
| Nature of Proceedings: | Judicial Review |
| Judgment Date/s: | 07 Jul 2015 |
| Judge: | Stewart J. |
| Category: | Deportation |
| Keywords: | Country of Origin Information, Deportation, Deportation Order |
| Country of Origin: | Bangladesh |
| URL: | https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/6107ef1d-b6db-4bc3-92ca-b2c9dfd7a5c1/2015_IEHC_417_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH |
| Geographic Focus: | Ireland |
| Principles: | Where an applicant seeking to set aside a decision like the affirmation of a deportation order has relied in the revocation application upon assertions which are the same as assertions which underpinned earlier, unchallenged, unsuccessful applications for, for instance, protection, then he must set out some basis for contending that those decisions were wrong in order to be successful at the hearing. An application for revocation of a deportation order must, in order to be successful, disclose new or changed circumstances. It is not permissible to withhold information and disclose it at a later stage in support of such an application. |