Applicant S v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

Immigration – Refugees - Application for protection visa - Well-founded fear of persecution for reason of membership of particular social group - Particular social group identified as able-bodied young men from Afghanistan - Whether member of a particular social group - Whether Afghan society must perceive the particular social group - Whether well-founded fear of persecution - Whether enmity or malignity necessary to establish persecution - Whether facts reveal law of general application - Whether implementation of law of general application can amount to persecution - Whether implementation of ad hoc policy can amount to persecution.

Words and phrases "Particular social group" – "well-founded fear of persecution", "law of general application", "legitimate national objective".

Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – s 36(2).