Immigration – Refugees - Application for permanent protection visa - Statute requiring Minister to be satisfied Australia owes protection obligations to the applicant under the Convention - Applicant previously granted temporary protection visa for a specified period - Whether previous grant of temporary protection visa entitles applicant on application for a new visa to a presumption of being owed protection obligations under the Convention - Construction of Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s 36 - Construction of the Convention.
Words and phrases – "refugee", "protection obligations", "cessation".
Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – ss 5(1), 36.
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees – Art 1A, Art 1C(5). Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees.
Judgment date
Case number
S145/2006
Before
Gummow ACJ, Kirby, Callinan, Heydon, Crennan JJ
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