Case Law

The applicants have shown that they have a clear right to the relief they ultimately seek in the main application, a well-grounded apprehension of harm and no other satisfactory remedy. The respondents seek to have the Immigration Act trump the Refugees Act. This is contrary to the injunction in the Ruta case that the two statutes can and should be read in harmony. The applicants are thus entitled to the interim relief they seek, i.e. that they be issued with section 22 permits.

2 September 2019 | Judicial Body: South Africa: High Court | Topic(s): Refugees sur place - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: Burundi - South Africa

9 February 2017 | Judicial Body: Kenya: High Court | Topic(s): Group / Prima facie determination - Refugee / Asylum law - Refugee camps - Refugees | Countries: Burundi - Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Eritrea - Ethiopia - Kenya - Rwanda - Somalia - South Sudan - Uganda

18 February 2015 | Judicial Body: South Africa: High Court | Topic(s): Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Burundi - South Africa

17 April 2014 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Persecution of family members - Political asylum - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Burundi - Canada

Joint cases SZRTC v MIBP; SZRUH v MIBP

11 April 2014 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Topic(s): Persecution based on nationality - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Australia - Burundi

11 December 2013 | Judicial Body: South Africa: High Court | Topic(s): 1969 OAU Convention - Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Burundi - South Africa

9 August 2013 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Circuit Court | Topic(s): Safe third country | Countries: Australia - Burundi

12 April 2013 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Circuit Court | Countries: Australia - Burundi

23 July 2012 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Australia - Burundi

23 April 2012 | Judicial Body: South Africa: High Court | Countries: Burundi - South Africa