Whether the respondent has a well-founded fear of being persecuted ‘for reasons of membership of a particular social group’: ‘The basis of the claim for asylum was that he was being persecuted by criminals while working as a security officer in a hotel in St Petersburg. He had been approached by them and threatened by them. They suggested he should act as an informer for them.’
[1995] EWCA Civ 47, [1996] Imm AR 28
Bailii
Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 8(1), Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28th July 1951
England and Wales
Updated: 09 June 2021; Ref: scu.276289
