Persons of concern / Refugees sur place

This case concerned an applicant who converted from Islam to Christianity after arriving in Norway. The Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision finding that the claims were not credible and denying protection.

3 June 2021 | Judicial Body: Norway: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Refugees sur place | Countries: Afghanistan - Norway

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

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

The case concerns the validity of a decision to reject an asylum application pursuant to the Immigration Act section 28 subsection 4. The provision applies to asylum seekers who need protection because of their acts in Norway, and implies that such applicants may not be recognised as refugees if the main purpose of their acts has been to obtain a residence permit. For the Supreme Court, the question is whether this exemption is consistent with the Refugee Convention of 28 July 1951 Article 1 A.

17 March 2017 | Judicial Body: Norway: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion - Refugees sur place - Sur place persecution | Countries: Ethiopia - Norway

10 August 2015 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Refugees - Refugees sur place | Countries: Belgium - Congo, Democratic Republic of the

9 April 2014 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Refugees sur place - Social group persecution - Tamil - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka

21 February 2014 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Refugees sur place - Tamil | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka

13 February 2014 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Citizenship / Nationality law - Refugees - Refugees sur place - Tamil - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka

18 December 2013 | Judicial Body: Netherlands, The: Council of State (Raad van State) | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Refugees sur place - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Netherlands - Sierra Leone