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Hassan v. Canada ( Minister of Citizenship and Immigration )

IMM-1770-95

McKeown J.

21/2/96

5 pp.

Application for judicial review of decision of Immigration and Refugee Board applicant not Convention refugee-Whether Board erred in findings on implausibility, judicial notice-Need to understand language of country in which university located appropriate subject of judicial notice-Finding based on speculation never acceptable-Board's finding applicant would not have had difficulty getting readmitted to university, by own admission, speculative-Board's findings with respect to implausibility cannot stand-Board, not respondent, must state why applicant not credible-Discrepancies found by respondent could not be considered by Court-Board not even prepared to suggest possibility applicant's story true-Application allowed.

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