Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
El Hasnaoui v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs
[2001] FCA 1792
SALAH EL HASNAOUI v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS S 87 OF 2001
DRUMMOND J 23 AUGUST 2001 ADELAIDE
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
SOUTH AUSTRALIA DISTRICT REGISTRY S 87 OF 2001
BETWEEN: SALAH EL HASNAOUI
APPLICANT
AND: MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS
RESPONDENT
JUDGE: DRUMMOND J
DATE OF ORDER: 23 AUGUST 2001
WHERE MADE: ADELAIDE
THE COURT ORDERS THAT:
1. The application for review 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
SOUTH AUSTRALIA DISTRICT REGISTRY S 87 OF 2001
BETWEEN: SALAH EL HASNAOUI
APPLICANT
AND: MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS
RESPONDENT
JUDGE: DRUMMOND J
DATE: 23 AUGUST 2001
PLACE: ADELAIDE
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT
1 This is an application by Mr El Hasnaoui, a citizen of Morocco, to review a decision of the Refugee Review Tribunal ("the Tribunal"). The Tribunal, in effect, rejected Mr El Hasnaoui's claim to be a refugee within the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees 28 July 1951, as amended by the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees 31 January 1967. Mr El Hasnaoui is in immigration detention in Woomera. He is in obvious distress at what he considers to be the harsh conditions under which he is detained. 2 My function is a limited one. I can only examine the proceedings before the Tribunal to see if there is reviewable error within s 476 the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) which affects the Tribunal's decision to reject Mr El Hasnaoui's claim. He identifies no ground of error in the application he filed with the Court on 27 June last. He has not provided to the Court any written submissions in support of his application. 3 In the course of the hearing today, he said he had serious problems in providing the Tribunal with information about his background and experiences in Morocco. These were due, he says, to the fact that the translator was not familiar with his natural dialect. He points out that in the Tribunal's reasons the Tribunal said this:
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