2317975 (Refugee)

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

Administrative Appeals Tribunal

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

31/10/2023

LITIGATION TYPE

Constitutional and Human Rights / State Accountability

SUBJECT MATTER

Human rights and refugee claims

REVIEW TYPE

Merits review

SUMMARY

REFUGEE – protection visa – Tonga – political opinion – economic conditions – employment – threats against free speech – poverty – employment – decision under review affirmed

Brief reference to climate change at [17] in the negative (‘applicant did not provide sufficient detail to satisfy the Tribunal … that [they] feared any harm arising from climate change’).

CASE DOCUMENTS

2317975 (Refugee) [2024] AATA 1558