Anavaratham v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCAFC 22; [2002] FCA 134

Anavaratham v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCAFC 22 Anavaratham v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCA 134

NOTE: CHANGES TO THE MEDIUM NEUTRAL CITATION (MNC) The Federal Court adopted a new medium neutral citation (FCAFC) for Full Court judgments effective from 1 January 2002. Single Judge judgments will not be affected and will retain the FCA medium neutral citation. The transitional arrangements are as follows: * All Full Court judgments delivered prior to 1 January 2002 will retain the FCA medium neutral citation. * All Full Court judgments delivered between 1 January 2002 to 30 April 2002 have been assigned parallel medium neutral citations in both the FCA and FCAFC series. * All Full Court judgments delivered from 1 May 2002 will contain the FCAFC medium neutral citation only.

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Anavaratham v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCA 134

MIGRATION – application for a protection visa – national of Sri Lanka - Refugee Review Tribunal found that "effective protection" was available to the appellant in India, and, in the alternative, that the appellant had no well - founded fear of persecution for a Convention reason in the event of a return to Sri Lanka – whether judge erred in finding that there was no there was no error in the Tribunal's findings.

Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ANAVARATHAM v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS V795 OF 2001 BLACK CJ, HILL AND TAMBERLIN JJ 13 FEBRUARY 2002 MELBOURNE

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY V795 OF 2001

On appeal from a single judge of the Federal Court of Australia

BETWEEN: VISVANATHAN ANAVARATHAM

APPELLANT

AND: MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS