BM (Tuvalu) v Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
COURT OR TRIBUNAL
New Zealand Immigration and Protection Tribunal
DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)
14/09/2023
LITIGATION TYPE
Constitutional and Human Rights / State Accountability
SUBJECT MATTER
Human rights and refugee claims
REVIEW TYPE
Merits review
SUMMARY
The case concerns humanitarian appeals by a married couple from Tuvalu against their liability for deportation from New Zealand [1]. The appellants argued that they would be subject to the adverse impacts of climate change if deported to Tuvalu; this is canvassed from [17]–[20]. The mental health impacts of climate change are also discussed from [39]–[41].
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