Australia, Feb. 13 -- The Federal Court of Australia issued the following judgement:
MARKOVIC J:
1 This is an appeal from orders of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia (now the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Div 2)) made on 2 December 2019 dismissing an application for judicial review of a decision of the second respondent (Tribunal): see CVW16 v Minister for Immigration [2019] FCCA 3478. The Tribunal had affirmed a decision of a delegate of the first respondent (Minister) to refuse the appellant a Protection (Class XA) visa.
BACKGROUND
2 The appellant is a Sri Lankan citizen of Tamil origin. On 16 August 2012 he arrived in Australia as an irregular maritime arrival.
3 On 21 August 2012 the appellant participated in ...