The applicants, an interfaith married couple from Pakistan, sought judicial review of a Refugee Appeal Division (RAD) decision denying their refugee claims based on credibility issues.
The Federal Court found the RAD's treatment of evidence—including adverse inferences about identity documents sent from Italy and the weight given to supporting affidavits—was reasonable.
The Court also found no breach of procedural fairness when the RAD identified a discrepancy in the applicants' own documents regarding the description of attackers' vehicles, holding this was not a "new issue" requiring an opportunity to respond.
