Maan v. Canada (MCI) 2023 FC 1434 In Maan v. Canada (MCI), Justice Rochester examined the Applicant’s Refugee Appeal Division (RAD) decision. The determinative issue for both the Refugee Protection Division (RPD) and the RAD was credibility. The Applicant had testified that she was released from prison, in India, by paying a “bribe.” Her father’s affidavit, in support of the ...
Edirimanna v. Canada (MCI) 2023 FC 1339 In Edirimanna v. Canada (MCI) Justice Turley reviewed the Applicant’s cessation decision. The Refugee Protection Division (RPD) had ceased his Convention refugee status on the grounds of reavailment. On judicial review, Justice Turley found that the RPD had failed to meaningfully engage with the Applicant’s stated purpose for returning to Sri Lanka when ...
Begum v. Canada (MCI) 2023 FC 1317 In Begum v. Canada (MCI) Justice Elliott reviewed the Applicant’s cessation decision. The Applicant was a Pakistani citizen who was granted refugee protection in 2012 based on her Ahmadi Muslim faith. In 2014 and 2018 the Applicant applied and received a Pakistani Passport which she used to make six trips to Pakistan between ...
Mason v. Canada (MCI) 2023 SCC 21 In Mason v. Canada (MCI), Justice Wagner C.J., Karakatsanis, Côté, Rowe, Martin, Kasirer, Jamal, and O’Bonsawin J.J. explored the statutory interpretation of provisions under s.34(1)(e) of IRPA. Under this provision, permanent residents and foreign nationals are found inadmissible to Canada on “security grounds” for “engaging in acts of violence that would or might ...
Anvar v. Canada (MCI) 2023 FC 1194 In Anvar v. Canada (MCI), Justice Go examined the Applicant’s cessation decision. The Applicant was found to be a convention refugee in 2005 and resettled in Canada in 2006. In 2022, the Refugee Protection Division (RPD) had found that the Applicant had voluntarily reavailed himself as he had applied and received three Afghan ...
St. Brice v. Canada (MCI) 2023 FC 1139 In St. Brice v. Canada (MCI), Justice Régimbald reviewed the Applicant’s Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRRA) decision. The Applicant was a 31-year-old bisexual man, with a cognitive impairment, who feared persecution in St. Lucia due to his sexual orientation. The Applicant had been threated multiple times in St. Lucia, and the police refused ...
Ahmad v. Canada (MCI) 2023 FC 1087 In Ahmad v. Canada (MCI), Justice Southcott examined the Applicant’s cessation decision. The Applicant was granted asylum in 2010 and permanent resident status in 2011. Since then, the Applicant was issued two Pakistani passports and travelled to said country nine times. Based on this travel, the Minister applied for cessation of his refugee ...
Sharma v. Canada (MCI) 2023 FC 1034 In Sharma v. Canada (MCI), Justice Aylen assessed the Applicant’s Refugee Appeal Division (RAD) decision. The Applicant originally sought asylum in Canada based on fear of persecution by a Hindu-nationalist paramilitary organization, the Rashtriya Sangh [RSS] and the police. The Refugee Protection Division (RPD) denied the claim, and the RAD dismissed the appeal ...
Li v. Canada (MCI) 2023 FC 957 In Li v. Canada (MCI) Justice Manson examined the Applicant’s Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRRA) decision. The Applicant had originally entered Canada in 2016, along with his father, and sought asylum based on persecution by the Chinese authorities for being followers of the Church of the Almighty God. The claim was refused on credibility ...
Brzezinski v. Canada (MCI) 2023 FC 936 In Brzezinski v. Canada (MCI), Justice Strickland examined the Applicants’ Refugee Appeal Division (RAD) refusal. The Applicants had claimed refugee protection on grounds of feared persecution in Poland due to their Roma identity. The RPD had rejected their claim due the availability of state protection. At the RAD, the Applicants attempted to submit ...