Warnakulasuriya, Gregory Fridensus Coonghe & Ors v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [1998] FCA 336

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA MIGRATION - refugee - protection visa - incorrect interpretation of applicable law - whether Refugee Review Tribunal failed to engage in reasonable speculation - whether Tribunal erroneously required corroborating evidence of applicants' claim - whether Tribunal failed to rely on past events to determine possibility of future persecution

Migration Act 1958 (Cth) s 476(1)(e) Chan v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1989) 169 CLR 179 followed Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs v Guo Wei Rong (1996-1997) 144 ALR 567 applied Minister for Immigration Local Government and Ethnic Affairs and Malcolm Peterson v Mok Gek Bouy (1994) 127 ALR 223 referred to Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang (1996) 185 CLR 259 applied GREGORY FRIDENSUS COONGHE WARNAKULASURIYA, TANIA COONGHE, TRISTAN COONGHE and TRISHANI FIONA COONGHE v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION & MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS VG 22 of 1997 FINKELSTEIN J MELBOURNE 6 APRIL 1998

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

victoria DISTRICT REGISTRY Vg 22 of 1997

BETWEEN: GREGORY FRIDENSUS COONGHE WARNAKULASURIYA,

TANIA COONGHE, TRISTAN COONGHE and TRISHANI FIONA COONGHE

Applicants

AND: MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION & ETHNIC AFFAIRS

Respondent

JUDGE: finkelstein j

DATE OF ORDER: 6 april 1998

WHERE MADE: melbourne

THE COURT ORDERS THAT: 1. The application be dismissed. 2. The applicants to pay the respondent's costs of the application. Note: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

DISTRICT REGISTRY VG 22 of 1997

BETWEEN: GREGORY FRIDENSUS COONGHE WARNAKULASURIYA

TANIA COONGHE

TRISTAN COONGHE

TRISHANI FIONA COONGHE

Applicants AND: THE MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION & MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS