Toscano Rosales v. Canada (MCI) 2024 FC 553 In Toscano Rosales v. Canada (MCI) Justice Kane examined the Applicant’s Refugee Protection Division (RPD) decision. The Applicant’s father was appointed as sheriff in the Totonicapán region of Guatemala, where he worked with vulnerable youth to curb them from joining the Mara Salvatrucha 13 (MS-13). As a result of his father’s activism, ...
De Oliveira v. Canada (MCI) 2024 FC 495 In De Oliveira v. Canada (MCI) Justice Fuhrer reviewed the Applicant’s Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&C) decision. The Applicant had originally applied for permanent residence under the Spouse or Common-Law Partner in Canada class. However, due to the relationship breakdown, the Applicant requested that the application be considered on H&C grounds. The Officer ...
Mvana c. Canada (MCI) 2024 CAF 49 In Mvana c. Canada (MCI) Justices de Montigny C.J., Boivin and Roussel JJ.A. assessed the Appellant’s Federal Court decision (2023 FC 329). The Federal Court had dismissed the Appellant’s judicial review of an Immigration Appeal Division (IAD) decision. The Federal Court had certified a question on the constitutionality of s.36(3)(a) of IRPA. Section ...
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 ...