Judicial review of permanent resident application refusal dismissed as officer reasonably assessed applicant's lack of forward-facing risk.
The applicant sought judicial review of a decision refusing his permanent resident application as a Convention refugee or Country of Asylum class member.
The officer found the applicant lacked credibility regarding a well-founded fear of persecution by Al Shabaab in Somalia, noting that the threat was based on a five-year-old extortion attempt and that his family remained unharmed in his hometown.
The Federal Court held the decision was reasonable because the applicant failed to provide sufficient evidence of an ongoing forward-facing risk.
