The applicant appealed against rejection of his asylum claim on the basis of his alleged involvement in acts of terrorism. He had been set to face trial but the charges were dropped for insufficient evidence.
Held: Sedley LJ considered the meaning of the phrase ‘serious reasons for considering’ and said that it: ‘sets a standard above mere suspicion. Beyond this, it is a mistake to try to paraphrase the straightforward language of the Convention: it has to be treated as meaning what it says.’
Judges:
Sedley, Arden, Longmore LJJ
Citations:
[2009] EWCA Civ 222, [2009] Imm AR 624, [2009] INLR 586
Links:
Statutes:
Geneva Convention on the Status of Refugees 1951 1F(c)
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – JS (Sri Lanka), Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for The Home Department SC 17-Mar-2010
The asylum seeker was accused of complicity in war crimes in Sri Lanka. He had worked as an intelligence officer but his cover had been broken and he fled to the UK. It was said that he was excluded from protection as an asylum seeker.
Held: . .
Appeal from – Al-Sirri v Secretary of State for The Home Department SC 21-Nov-2012
The appellants had been refused refugee status on the ground that they were suspected of having been guilty of terrorist acts. They said that the definition of terrorism applied within the UK was wider than that in the Convention which contained the . .
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Immigration
Updated: 23 July 2022; Ref: scu.322736