AX (Kiribati) v Minister of Immigration

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

New Zealand Immigration and Protection Tribunal

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

29/08/2022

LITIGATION TYPE

Constitutional and Human Rights / State Accountability

SUBJECT MATTER

Human rights and refugee claims

REVIEW TYPE

Merits review

SUMMARY

(Extract from judgment)

[12] The appellant’s extended family largely live a subsistence lifestyle on the family’s three-acre plot on DEF island. They grow food crops specific to the local area and harvest coconuts as well as going fishing. The climate conditions in Kiribati increasingly affect the family land and it is not easy to produce enough food for the family because the land is drying out and is affected by sea water.

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[75] The Tribunal acknowledges the country information provided by counsel highlights that Kiribati is one of the poorest countries in the region. Development challenges include its small and dispersed population, limited private sector and the impacts of climate change that are increasingly felt (see, DFAT report at p 1). […]

CASE DOCUMENTS

AX (Kiribati) v Minister of Immigration [2023] NZIPT 600729