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Judicial review granted where PRRA officer failed to consider a corroborating letter.
The applicants sought judicial review of a decision refusing their Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRRA) application.
They claimed a fear of persecution in Nicaragua for harboring a friend who opposed the government.
The PRRA officer rejected the claim, finding insufficient evidence that they sheltered the friend, but failed to mention a corroborating letter from the friend that was in the record.
The Federal Court granted the application, finding the decision unreasonable because the officer failed to account for relevant, contradictory evidence.
Judicial review allowed; Officer failed to properly assess best interests of child in TRP refusal.
The applicant, a minor living in the Dominican Republic in the de facto care of a Canadian citizen, applied for judicial review of a decision refusing a Temporary Resident Permit.
The Officer had focused on technical impediments to adoption and formal guardianship rather than the applicant's personal circumstances.
The Federal Court allowed the application, finding the Officer's decision unreasonable for failing to appropriately assess the best interests of the child and the humanitarian and compassionate considerations, and remitted the matter for redetermination.
