Maria Burgos

The applicant, a stateless Palestinian born in a Lebanese refugee camp, sought judicial review of a decision refusing his application for permanent residence on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.

The Federal Court found that the immigration officer's assessment of the adverse country conditions and hardship the applicant would face if returned to Lebanon was unreasonable, lacking a coherent and rational chain of analysis regarding the systemic discrimination faced by stateless Palestinians in Lebanon.

The applicants, citizens of Nigeria, sought judicial review of a Refugee Appeal Division (RAD) decision confirming the rejection of their refugee claims.

The claims were rejected based on significant credibility issues, including inconsistencies regarding where the principal applicant lived, where her child was born, and her family composition.

The RAD reasonably concluded that psychological evidence did not explain the central inconsistencies.

The application for judicial review was dismissed.