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2023-03-13T18:48:12+00:00March 13th, 2023|Tags: |

Palagot v. Canada (MCI) 2023 FC 214 In Palagot v. Canada (MCI) Justice Petney examined the Refugee Protection Division’s (RPD) decision to refuse to re-opening the Applicant’s asylum claim. With the aid of a fraudulent consultant, the Applicant had initially sough asylum, but due to an incorrect address disclosed on the forms, the Applicant missed vital communication from the Immigration ...

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2023-03-07T03:14:14+00:00March 7th, 2023|Tags: |

Alajnf v. Canada (MCI) 2023 FC 151 In Alajnf v. Canada (MCI) Justice Norris examined the Office’s decision to refuse the Applicants’ Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&C) application due to lack of evidence of personalized hardship in Libya. On judicial review, Justice Norris found that the Officer had failed to take into consideration of whether the adverse country conditions in Libya ...

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2023-02-16T18:59:26+00:00February 16th, 2023|Tags: |

Zeng v. Canada (MCI) 2023 FC 75 In Zeng v. Canada (MCI) Justice Go examined the Applicants’ refused second refugee appeal redetermination decision. The Applicants had originally filed a claim for protection from the Chinese authorities based on the Principal Applicant’s (PA) identity as a Falun Gong practitioner. As proof of her allegations that the Chinse authorities were looking for ...

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2023-02-07T16:54:41+00:00February 7th, 2023|Tags: |

Tkabo v. Canada (MCI) 2023 FC 15 In Tkabo v. Canada (MCI), Justice Elliott examined both the Refugee Protection Division’s (RPD) and the Refugee Appeal Division’s (RAD) decisions to refuse the Applicant’s claim based on lack of credibility with respect to the Applicant’s identity. On judicial review, Justice Elliot found that the RAD failed to take into consideration several identity ...

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2023-01-27T14:42:58+00:00January 27th, 2023|Tags: |

Thind v. Canada (MCI) 2022 FC 1782 In Thind v. Canada (MCI), Justice Rochester examined both the Refugee Protection Division’s (RPD) and the Refugee Appeal Division’s (RAD) decisions to refuse the Applicant’s claim based on the exitance of a viable IFA. The RAD determined that the Applicant’s profile was not one of a vulnerable, single woman, who would face many ...

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2023-01-24T21:03:35+00:00January 24th, 2023|Tags: |

K.M. v. Canada (MCI), 2022 FC 1726 In K.M. v. Canada (MCI), Justice Strickland examined the Minister’s decision to refuse the Applicant’s Pre-Removal Risk Application (PRRA) due to lack of forward-looking risk. The Applicant originally made a successful refugee claim and became a permanent resident in 2010.  However, due to the Applicant’s multiple trips to back to her country of ...

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2023-01-03T21:06:39+00:00January 3rd, 2023|Tags: |

Thind v. Canada (MCI), 2022 FC 1644 In Thind v. Canada (MCI), Justice Ahmed assessed an Immigration Officer’s decision to refuse the Applicant’s Temporary Resident Permit (TRP) application on the grounds of lack of unique circumstances to overcome their inadmissibility. On judicial review, Justice Ahmed found the Officer’s decision unreasonable as it failed to properly consider pivotal evidence, resulting in ...

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2022-12-16T15:21:54+00:00December 16th, 2022|Tags: |

Brown v. Canada (MCI), 2022 FC 1607 In Brown v. Canada (MCI), Justice Sadrehashemi examined the Applicants’ refugee appeal refusal. At issue was whether the Refugee Protection Division (RPD) breached procedural fairness by drawing negative credibility inference from the Applicants’ inability to provide corroborative evidence. On judicial review, Justice Sadrehashemi found that an “omission should not be used to impugn ...

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2022-12-05T21:37:26+00:00December 5th, 2022|Tags: |

Gebru v. Canada (MCI), 2022 FC 1563 In Gebru v. Canada (MCI), the Court examined the Immigration Division’s decision to find the Applicant inadmissible to Canada pursuant to ss.34(1)(f) and 34(1)(b) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for being a member of Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). On judicial review, the Court found that the Immigration Division had erred ...

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2022-12-05T20:30:39+00:00November 28th, 2022|Tags: |

AB v. Canada (MCI), 2022 FC 1540 In AB v. Canada (MCI) the Court examined the Officer’s decision to refuse the Applicant’s humanitarian and compassionate application on the grounds of "moderate" BIOC impact . On judicial review, the Court found that the Officer did not fully engage with the evidence presented on the BIOC. Furthermore, the Court observed a lack ...

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