Cardenas Medina c. Canada (MCI) 2024 CF 388 In Cardenas Medina c. Canada (MCI) Justice Gascon examined the Applicants’ Refugee Appeal Division (RAD) decision. The Applicants (a husband, wife, and their minor children) sought asylum in Canada due to alleged risk of persecution in Columbia as a result of the wife’s anti-corruption activities. The Refugee Protection Division (RPD) refused the ...
Nazhmetdinov v. Canada (MCI) 2024 FC 389 In Nazhmetdinov v. Canada (MCI) Justice Strickland examined the Applicant’s Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRRA) decision. The Applicant was an Uzbek, holding Russian citizenship, and a Muslim. He arrived in Canada in 2017, and sought asylum based on his ethnicity, political opinion, and anti-corruption activism. His refugee claim was refused, and the Applicant subsequently ...
Al-Maflehi v. Canada (MCI) 2024 FC 297 In Al-Maflehi v. Canada (MCI) Justice Heneghan examined the Applicant’s inadmissibility finding pursuant to s. 34(1)(f) of IRPA. The Applicant was a citizen of Yemen who applied for permanent residence in Canada in 2015. The Applicant was interviewed, twice, by Visa Officers in Ethiopia, during which he disclosed that he was a member ...
Kuka v. Canada (MCI) 2024 FC 209 In Kuka v. Canada (MCI) Justice Favel examined the Applicant’s refused Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&C) and Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRRA) application decisions, made by the same Senior Immigration Officer. The Applicant feared persecution from her and her ex-fiancé’s family when a blood feud was declared after she broke off her engagement. On judicial ...
Torres v. Canada (MPSEP) 2024 CanLII 7632 In Torres v. Canada (MPSEP) Justice Southcott examined the Applicant’s stay of removal request. The Applicant claimed asylum in Canada, in part due to his bisexual orientation. Unfortunately, the Refugee Protection Division (RPD) rejected his claim, finding that the Applicant failed to provide sufficient probative evidence when it came to his sexual identity. ...
Munir v. Canada (MCI) 2024 FC 153 In Munir v. Canada (MCI) Justice Tsimberis assessed the Applicant’s Refugee Appeal Division (RAD) decision. The RAD determined that the Applicant failed to a) establish his bisexuality; b) that he was ever in a same-sex relationship; c) that he was threatened in Pakistan as a result of his sexual orientation; and d) that ...
Abdallah Elnour El Senoussi c. Canada (MCI) 2024 FC 74 In Abdallah Elnour El Senoussi c. Canada (MCI) Justice Pentney examined the Applicant’s cessation decision. The Applicant, a citizen of Chad, was granted refugee status in 2012 and secured permanent resident status in 2015. The Applicant then proceeded to travel to Cameroon on a Canadian Travel document from November 2014 ...
Gayle v. Canada (MCI) 2024 FC 29 In Gayle v. Canada (MCI) Justice Turley examined the Applicant’s Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&C) decision. The Applicant was a Jamaican national who entered Canada in 2019 to help care for her daughter. The child’s father was deceased. In 2022, the Applicant submitted an H&C application, which was refused. On judicial review, Justice Turley ...
Porosh v. Canada (MCI) 2023 FC 1638 In Porosh v. Canada (MCI) Justice Go examined the Applicant’s Refugee Appeal Division (RAD) decision. The Applicant sought asylum on the basis of alleged danger due to a land disputed between his family and a family who was part of Bangladesh’s ruling party. The Applicant also alleged that he was wanted, for arrest, ...
Taji v. Canada (MCI) 2023 FC 1587 In Taji v. Canada (MCI), Justice Norris examined the Applicant’s cessation decision. The Applicant was a citizen of Iran who had successfully claimed asylum in 2011 and obtained permanent residence in 2012. Shortly after obtaining permanent residence, the Applicant travelled to Iran eight times, usually staying several months at a time. During one ...