Case Law

27 November 2015 | Judicial Body: Canada: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Illegal entry - Immigration law - Smuggling of persons | Countries: Canada - Cuba - Sri Lanka

27 November 2015 | Judicial Body: Canada: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Constitutional law - Criminal justice - Immigration law - Right to liberty and security - Smuggling of persons - Tamil | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka

5 April 2013 | Judicial Body: Finland: Supreme Court | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Asylum-seekers - Criminal justice - Entry / Exit - False documents - Passports - Smuggling of persons - Travel documents | Countries: Afghanistan - Finland

The Court found that Section 117 of Immigration and Refugee Protection Act is inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution and therefore has no force or effect.

11 January 2013 | Judicial Body: Canada: Supreme Court of British Columbia | Topic(s): Immigration law - Smuggling of persons | Countries: Canada

13 April 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka - Thailand

20 October 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka

28 June 2011 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Smuggling of persons - Trafficking in persons - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Somalia

12 April 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Illegal entry - Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants - Smuggling of persons | Countries: Albania - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

27 January 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Grounds for persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Smuggling of persons - Social group persecution - Trafficking in persons - Well-founded fear of persecution - Witnesses | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal: JC (Double Jeopardy: Art 10 CL) China CG [2008] UKAIT 00036.

19 February 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Prosecution vs persecution - Smuggling of persons | Countries: China - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland