Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
IMMIGRATION – appeal from a decision refusing to remit an application for refugee status to the RRT for reconsideration – whether appellant has well founded fear of persecution based on membership of a particular social group – whether appellant's fear for reason of membership of his brother's family – whether the words "for reasons of" in the Convention on the Status of Refugees require only causal nexus between well founded fear of persecution and membership of a particular social group – whether causal nexus may exist where the ultimate objective of the persecutors is something other than persecution of the particular social group. Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s 476 Applicant A v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1997) 142 ALR 331, referred Chan Yee Kin v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1989) 169 CLR 379, referred Ram v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1995) 57 FCR 565, considered Morato v Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (1992) 39 FCR 401, referred
GUO WEI ZHI v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS NG 207 of 1998 BURCHETT, EINFELD & EMMETT JJ SYDNEY 10 DECEMBER 1998
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY NG 207 of 1998
ON APPEAL FROM A JUDGE OF THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
BETWEEN: GUO WEI ZHI
appellant
AND: MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS
Respondent
JUDGES: BURCHETT, EINFELD AND EMMETT JJ
DATE OF ORDER: 10 DECEMBER 1998
WHERE MADE: SYDNEY
THE COURT ORDERS THAT: 1. The appeal be dismissed with costs. Note: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules.
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY NG 207 of 1998
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