LVFG v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2023] FCA 1662

Federal Court of Australia

LVFG v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2023] FCA 1662 Review of: LVFG and Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs (Migration) [2023] AATA 1109

File number: WAD 116 of 2023

Judgment of: FEUTRILL J

Date of judgment: 22 December 2023

Catchwords: MIGRATION – refugees – refusal to grant applicant a safe haven enterprise visa – whether Administrative Appeals Tribunal considered applicant's representations regarding the risk of psychological harm to the applicant posed by indefinite detention

Legislation: Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 13, 14, 29, 35A, 35A(3A), 36, 36(1)(c), 36(1A), 36(1B), 36(1C), 36(2), 36(2)(a), 36(2)(aa), 36(2)(b), 36(2)(c), 36A(1)(a), 47(1), 65, 116(1)(g), 189, 196, 197C, 197C(3), 197C(4), 197C(5), 197C(5)(a), 197C(6), 197C(7), 198, 198(6), 496, 499(1), 499(2A), 500, 500(1)(b), 500(6F), 501, 501(1), 501(6), 501(6)(a), 501(7)(c), 501(7A), 501CA, 501CA(4), 501G, 501G(2); Pt 2, Div 3 Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) sch 2

Cases cited: Al-Kateb v Godwin [2004] HCA 37; (2004) 219 CLR 562 AXT19 v Minister for Home Affairs [2020] FCAFC 32 Cotterill v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCAFC 61; (2016) 240 FCR 29 Drake v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs [1979] FCAFC 39; (1979) 46 FLR 409 ECE21 v Minister for Home Affairs [2023] FCAFC 52; (2023) 297 FCR 422 FHHM v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2022] FCAFC 19 Google LLC v Defteros [2022] HCA 27; (2022) 403 ALR 434 KXXH v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2022] FCAFC 111; (2022) 292 FCR 15 Jabari v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2023] FCAFC 98 Lim v Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs [1992] HCA 64; (1992) 176 CLR 1 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd [1986] HCA 40; (1986) 162 CLR 24 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZMTA [2019] HCA 3; (2019) 264 CLR 421 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs v Al Masri [2003] FCAFC 70; (2003) 126 FCR 54 MZAPC v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2021] HCA 17; (2021) 273 CLR 506 Nathanson v Minister for Home Affairs [2022] HCA 26; (2022) 403 ALR 398 NBMZ v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2014] FCAFC 38; (2014) 220 FCR 1 NBNB v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2014] FCAFC 39; (2014) 220 FCR 44 NZYQ v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2023] HCA 37 Plaintiff M1/2021 v Minister for Home Affairs [2022] HCA 17; (2022) 400 ALR 417 Shi v Migration Agents Registration Authority [2008] HCA 31; (2008) 235 CLR 286 Uelese v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] HCA 15; (2015) 256 CLR 203 Williams v R [1986] HCA 88; (1986) 161 CLR 278