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Judgment date
Case number
S395/2002
S396/2002
Before
Gleeson CJ, McHugh, Gummow, Kirby, Hayne, Callinan, Heydon JJ
Catchwords
Immigration – Refugees – Particular social group identified as homosexual men in Bangladesh – Whether well-founded fear of persecution – Whether error of law by Refugee Review Tribunal in finding that no real chance of persecution because appellants conducted themselves discreetly and would continue to do so – Whether finding had effect of requiring appellants to act discreetly to avoid persecution – Whether need to act discreetly to avoid serious harm constituted persecution.
Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – s 476(1)(e).