The applicants, citizens of Colombia, sought judicial review of a decision by the Refugee Appeal Division (RAD) overturning the Refugee Protection Division's acceptance of their refugee claim.
The principal applicant fled Colombia after being targeted by criminal gangs for his anti-gang activism and religious work.
The RAD found the incidents were isolated criminal acts and rejected any nexus to political or religious opinion.
The Federal Court held the RAD's decision was unreasonable as it failed to engage with the evidence linking the attacks to the principal applicant's activism and failed to provide a rational chain of analysis regarding state protection and credibility.
The application for judicial review was allowed and the matter remitted for redetermination.
