Shi Chu Lin v Minster for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [1999] FCA 192

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Shi Chu Lin v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [1999] FCA 192 MIGRATION – judicial review of decision of Refugee Review Tribunal refusing to grant applicant protection visa – "one child policy" in China – whether well‑founded fear of persecution for a Convention reason – whether grounds of review as specified in Migration Act 1958 (Cth) s 476(1)(a), s 476(1)(d) or s 476(1)(e) available

Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 476(1)(a), 476(1)(d), 476(1)(e), 476(3) Applicant A v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1997) 190 CLR 225 applied

SHI CHU LIN v THE MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS

NG 1083 OF 1998

LEHANE J

10 MARCH 1999

SYDNEY

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY NG 1083 OF 1998

BETWEEN: SHI CHU LIN

Applicant

AND: THE MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS

Respondent

JUDGE: LEHANE J

DATE OF ORDER: 10 MARCH 1999

WHERE MADE: SYDNEY

THE COURT ORDERS THAT: 1. The application be dismissed. 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 1083 OF 1998

BETWEEN: SHI CHU LIN

Applicant

AND: THE MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS

Respondent

JUDGE: LEHANE J

DATE: 10 MARCH 1999

PLACE: SYDNEY

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT 1 This is an application for review of a decision of the Refugee Review Tribunal dated 18 September 1998, by which the Tribunal affirmed a decision not to grant the applicant a protection visa. The grounds on which review is sought are those specified in s 476(1)(a), (d) and (e) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth). The applicant, who represented himself and addressed me through an interpreter, did not provide particulars of the grounds.