UTIAC Requiring a political activist to live away from his home area in order to avoid persecution at the hands of his political opponents has never been considered a proper application of the internal relocation principle: see e.g. Nolan J in R v Immigration Appeal Tribunal, ex p.Jonah [1985] Imm AR 7. And (since October 2006) such a requirement cannot be considered to be consistent with para 3390 of the Immigration Rules (Article 8 of the Qualification Directive). Indeed, the pitfalls of requiring a person to act contrary to his normal behaviour in order to avoid persecution have been further emphasised by the Supreme Court in HJ (Iran) [2010] UKSC 31.
Judges:
Lord Bannatyne, Storey SIJ
Citations:
[2011] UKUT 30 (IAC), [2011] Imm AR 371
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Immigration
Updated: 01 September 2022; Ref: scu.428570
