The European court of Justice recently
did not uphold a case for asylum brought on the basis of the following
arguments:
The Ministerial Directive of 2003 which sought to give priority to asylum applications from Nigerian nationals, (later revoked in 2010). They contended this was incompatible with Article 23(3) and (4) of Directive 2005/85, which contains an exhaustive list of circumstances in which an accelerated procedure may be used and does not include either prioritising or accelerating the examination of applications made by one group of nationals by reference to their nationality. In addition it was submitted this infringes also the prohibition of discrimination on basis of nationality.
Basic facts of the case:
In each of the two cases in the main proceedings, an asylum
application was filed in Ireland by a Nigerian national who had entered Irish
territory in 2008. In the case of Ms D., the ORAC dismissed the asylum
application in its report dated 15 August 2008 pursuant to section 13 of the
Refugee Act. In the case of Mr A., the ORAC, in its report dated 25 August
2008, issued a negative recommendation in respect of the application of that
Nigerian national, which was confirmed on appeal by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal
by a decision of 25 November 2008.
The findings of the case consisted of the following:
It follows that the Refugee Appeals
Tribunal has a broad discretion, since it takes cognisance of both questions of
fact and questions of law and rules on the evidence submitted to it, in
relation to which it enjoys discretion. It must be concluded that the criterion
of independence is satisfied by the Irish system for granting and withdrawing
refugee status and that that system must therefore be regarded as respecting
the right to an effective remedy. Article 39 of Directive 2005/85 must be interpreted
as not precluding national legislation, such as that at issue in the main
proceedings, which allows an applicant for asylum either to lodge an appeal
against the decision of the determining authority before a court or tribunal
such as the Refugee Appeals Tribunal (Ireland), and to bring an appeal against
the decision of that tribunal before a higher court such as the High Court
(Ireland), or to contest the validity of that determining authority’s decision
before the High Court, the judgments of which may be the subject of an appeal
to the Supreme Court (Ireland).
To
access the full judgment: http://www.bailii.org/eu/cases/EUECJ/2013/C17511.html
Brophy Solicitors
06.02.13
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