Recent Cases

AXT19 v Minister for Home Affairs [2020] FCAFC 32 (06 March 2020) (Flick, Griffiths and Moshinsky JJ)


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MIGRATION – mandatory cancellation of appellant’s visa under s 501(3A) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – decision of a delegate of the Minister under s 501CA(4) not to revoke the cancellation decision – decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to affirm the delegate’s decision – where the appellant was a citizen of Myanmar and relied on international non-refoulement obligations in his representations as to why the cancellation decision should be revoked – whether the Tribunal failed to consider the appellant’s representations based on non-refoulement obligations and the fear of harm if the appellant were returned to Myanmar – appeal dismissed with costs