Lamrabte v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 851

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Lamrabte v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 851 Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ELWAFI LAMRABTE v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS S36 OF 2001 von DOUSSA J ADELAIDE 6 JULY 2001

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

SOUTH AUSTRALIA DISTRICT REGISTRY S36 OF 2001

BETWEEN: ELWAFI LAMRABTE

APPLICANT

AND: MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS

RESPONDENT

JUDGE: von DOUSSA J

DATE OF ORDER: 6 JULY 2001

WHERE MADE: ADELAIDE

THE COURT ORDERS THAT: 1. Application for an order for review dismissed. 2. Applicant 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

SOUTH AUSTRALIA DISTRICT REGISTRY S36 OF 2001

BETWEEN: ELWAFI LAMRABTE

APPLICANT

AND: MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS

RESPONDENT

JUDGE: von DOUSSA J

DATE: 6 JULY 2001

PLACE: ADELAIDE

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT 1 This is an application for an order for review of a decision made by the Refugee Review Tribunal on 20 February 2001. The tribunal affirmed the decision of a delegate of the respondent, the Minister of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs made on 23 October 2000 which refused to grant a protection visa to the applicant who had arrived in Australia on 4 April 2000. 2 The applicant is in detention. The application to this court has obviously been prepared without the benefit of legal advice. The application pleads that the applicant is aggrieved by the tribunal's decision because "it has been an absolutely unfair decision" and "because I cannot possibly go back". The grounds of the application are: "(1) DIMA [Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs] advised me that the only appeal avenue is to the Federal Court of Australia. (2) There are mistakes existing in the RRT decision."