CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION |
Status in Canada |
Convention Refugees |
Fatima v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)
IMM-1601-99
Gibson J.
10/3/00
13 pp.
Application for judicial review of CRDD decision applicant not Convention refugee on ground claimant, citizen of Pakistan, lacked credibility with respect to key elements of her claim--Alleged spouse arrested, detained and beaten for political reasons, in Pakistan--Alleged spouse disappeared shortly thereafter in Pakistan--Alleged that, after spouse's disappearance, she was beaten, threatened with kidnapping--Application dismissed--CRDD did not make reviewable error in finding not open to counsel to argue consent to one-member panel should be disregarded and matter heard de novo or by newly constituted two-member panel--CRDD did not err in not allowing de novo hearing on grounds of incompetence of applicant's immigration consultant--Alleged incompetence of immigration consultant did not decisively affect outcome of hearing--CRDD made no reviewable error in finding applicant lacked credibility and in rejecting application for Convention refugee status--No reviewable error on part of CRDD in rejecting documentary evidence, sworn and unsworn, filed in support of claim, given CRDD's conclusion regarding credibility.