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Judicial review granted; RAD decision unreasonable for failing to explain corroborative evidence and religious conversion findings.
The applicant, a Turkish national claiming refugee protection based on persecution for his Alevi faith, applied for judicial review of the Refugee Appeal Division (RAD) decision dismissing his appeal.
The Federal Court found the RAD's decision unreasonable.
While the RAD's credibility findings regarding discrepancies in the applicant's testimony were reasonable, it failed to adequately explain how it weighed corroborative evidence from the applicant's family.
Furthermore, the RAD found the applicant was not an Alevi convert without providing any analysis or explanation for this conclusion, which contradicted the Refugee Protection Division's finding.
The application for judicial review was granted and the matter remitted for redetermination.
