Damouni and Another v. Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs

Abstract

Aliens — Deportation — Refugees — Asylum — Criteria for grant of — Relevant factors for consideration — Test of well-founded fear of persecution — Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951 — New York Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, 1967 — Grant of residency permits on humanitarian and compassionate grounds — Criteria for humanitarian and compassionate grounds — Duties of State in assessment of refugee status

Treaties — Interpretation — Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951 — New York Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, 1967 — Well-founded fear of persecution — Meaning — Whether test subjective or objective — Relevant factors for consideration — The law of Australia