2318773 (Refugee)

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

Administrative Appeals Tribunal

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

27/10/2023

LITIGATION TYPE

Constitutional and Human Rights / State Accountability

SUBJECT MATTER

Human rights and refugee claims

REVIEW TYPE

Merits review

SUMMARY

REFUGEE – protection visa – Fiji – political opinion and freedom of speech, economic opportunities and climate change – abuse and harm from community members and government officials – application prepared by brother without applicant’s knowledge of claims – vague evidence about political claims – previous subsistence work on father-in-law’s plantation – no element of persecution in economic hardship or climate change – country information – decision under review affirmed

Applicant is seeking protection visa to escape (inter alia) climate change in their country of citizenship.

CASE DOCUMENTS

2318773 (Refugee) [2024] AATA 1279