2401199 (Refugee)

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

Administrative Appeals Tribunal

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

08/01/2024

LITIGATION TYPE

Constitutional and Human Rights / State Accountability

SUBJECT MATTER

Human rights and refugee claims

REVIEW TYPE

Merits review

SUMMARY

REFUGEE – protection visa – Tonga – political opinion – verbal abuse and threats from authorities – climate change – domestic violence – insufficiently detailed claims and evidence – no responses to hearing invitation or invitation to comment – applicant’s responsibility to decision under review affirmed

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

CASE DOCUMENTS

2401199 (Refugee) [2024] AATA 1251