2402655 (Refugee)

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

Administrative Appeals Tribunal

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

01/05/2024

LITIGATION TYPE

Constitutional and Human Rights / State Accountability

SUBJECT MATTER

Human rights and refugee claims

REVIEW TYPE

Merits review

SUMMARY

The case concerns a protection visa sought by an applicant from Vanuatu. It is discussed from [26]–[27] that Vanuatu is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change; these are applied to the applicant’s circumstances from [29]–[31]. The Tribunal is not satisfied that the natural disasters mentioned rise to the level of serious harm for the purposes of the refugee criterion [30].

CASE DOCUMENTS

2402655 (Refugee) [2024] AATA 3208