Title AJ (Ukraine)
Publisher New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal
Publication Date 17 February 2020
Country New Zealand | Ukraine
Topics Citizenship / Nationality law | Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures | Right to family life
Citation / Document Symbol [2020] NZIPT 801660–661
Cite as AJ (Ukraine), [2020] NZIPT 801660–661, New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal, 17 February 2020, available at: https://www.refworld.org/cases,NZ_IPT,5f69d98a4.html [accessed 17 May 2023]
Comments This is an appeal against a decision of a refugee and protection officer declining to grant refugee status or protected person status to the appellants who are a mother (the mother) and son (the son). The mother is a citizen of the Ukraine. She is also a Russian citizen. The son was born in New Zealand. There is some dispute concerning his nationality but, as will be seen below, the Tribunal finds him to be entitled to Ukrainian citizenship.
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