AJE18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2020] FCA 1387

Federal Court of Australia

AJE18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2020] FCA 1387 Appeal from: AJE18 v Minister for Home Affairs & Anor [2019] FCCA 3365

File number: VID 1305 of 2019

Judgment of: ANASTASSIOU J

Date of judgment: 28 September 2020

Catchwords: MIGRATION – appeal from the Federal Circuit Court of Australia – protection visa application based on Tamil ethnicity and chronic post-traumatic stress disorder – whether Immigration Assessment Authority failed to engage in active intellectual process – whether Authority failed to consider new information pursuant to s 473DC – whether Authority failed to reach prescribed state of satisfaction in s 473DD – appeal dismissed

Legislation: Migration Act 1958 (Cth), ss 473DC, 473DD Explanatory Memorandum to the Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014

Cases cited: AAL19 v Minister for Home Affairs [2020] FCAFC 114 BVC20 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2020] FCA 565 BYA17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2019) 269 FCR 94; [2019] FCAFC 44 Carrascalao v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2017) 252 FCR 352; [2017] FCAFC 107 CCQ17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 1641 CMA19 v Minister for Home Affairs [2020] FCA 736 DGZ16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2018) 258 FCR 551; [2018] FCAFC 12 DPI17 v Minister for Home Affairs (2019) 269 FCR 134; [2019] FCAFC 43 DYS16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2018) 260 FCR 260; [2018] FCAFC 33 EEM17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2018) 265 FCR 527; [2018] FCAFC 180 EHF17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2019) 272 FCR 409; [2019] FCA 1681 GGD18 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2019] FCA 1463 Hossain v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2018) 264 CLR 123; [2018] HCA 34 LKQD v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2019] FCA 1591 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v CRY16 (2017) 253 FCR 475; [2017] FCAFC 21 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Haq (2019) 267 FCR 513; [2019] FCAFC 7 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Singh (2014) 231 FCR 437; [2014] FCAFC 1 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZVFW (2018) 264 CLR 541; [2018] HCA 30 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li (2013) 249 CLR 332; [2013] HCA 18 Plaintiff M174/2016 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2018) 264 CLR 217; [2018] HCA 16 Singh v Minister for Home Affairs (2019) 267 FCR 200; [2019] FCAFC 3 SZSLA v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2020] FCA 944 XFCS v Minister for Home Affairs [2020] FCAFC 140