Gnanam v Secretary of State for Home Department: CA 30 Apr 1999

Appeal from dismissed of the appeal from the refusal of the Secretary of State for the Home Department to grant his application for asylum. The point of importance which is said to arise relates to what was said by this Court in Robinson [1997] Imm AR 94. In deciding whether it would be reasonable to expect the claimant to relocate internally (the so-called ‘internal flight alternative’) can the decision maker consider the cumulative effect of a number of factors?

Citations:

[1999] EWCA Civ 1322, [1999] INLR 219, [1999] Imm AR 436

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Immigration

Updated: 07 December 2022; Ref: scu.146237