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Judicial review dismissed as RPD reasonably rejected refugee's identity and bias allegation was unsupported.
The applicant sought judicial review of a Refugee Protection Division (RPD) decision finding he had not established his identity and was excluded from protection under the IRPA.
The RPD found his Nigerian passport was obtained using false documents and matched his fingerprints to a person wanted for crimes in the UK.
The applicant argued the decision was unreasonable and alleged a reasonable apprehension of bias because the RPD Member and Minister's counsel briefly spoke French during the English hearing.
The Federal Court dismissed the application, holding the RPD's findings on identity were reasonable and the applicant failed to prove a reasonable apprehension of bias on the incomplete evidentiary record.
