WAGH v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 194

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

WAGH v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 194 Migration– appeal – Refugee Review Tribunal – meaning of "protection obligations" - – meaning of 'right to enter and reside' in third country – doctrine of 'effective protection'

Migration Act 1958, ss 5, 13, 14, 36, 36(1), 36(2), 36(3),65, 91N(3), 91M, 91X, 496, Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), 39B, Border Protection Legislation Amendment Act (1999) (Cth)

Al-Rahal v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs (2001) 184 ALR 698 approved Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Al-Sallal (1999) 94 FCR 549 cited Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Applicant C (2001) 116 FCR 154 followed Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Thiyagarajah (1997) 80 FCR 543 cited NAFG v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 152 cited NAGV v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 144 cited R v Connell Ex parte The Hetton Bellbird Collieries Limited (1944) 69 CLR 407 referred to Plaintiff S157/2002 v Commonwealth of Australia (2003) 195 ALR 24 referred to V872/00A et al v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs (2002) 190 ALR 268 approved

G S Goodwin-Gill: "Refugees and Responsibility in the Twenty-First Century: More Lessons Learned From The South Pacific" (2003) 12 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J.23 Lawyers Committee for Human Rights: "Is This America? The Denial Of Due Process To Asylum Seekers In The United States" (October 2000) New York, Washington WAGH v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION & MULTICULTURAL & INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS W 29 OF 2003 LEE, HILL & CARR JJ 27 AUGUST 2003 MELBOURNE (Heard in Perth)

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA DISTRICT REGISTRY W29 OF 2003