Where a person claimed asylum on the basis that he had a well founded fear of persecution, the potential acts of the persecutor he feared must be shown to have some connection with a reason under the Convention. Discrimination against the claimant for an unconnected purpose was not sufficient to found a claim. Here the claimant feared persecution by cult members if he returned home for refusing to surrender his father’s body. In reality their animosity arose from that refusal and was not aimed at his own religious beliefs.
Citations:
Times 03-Nov-2000, [2000] EWCA Civ 258
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Immigration
Updated: 19 May 2022; Ref: scu.84454
