Ireland - High Court, 23 November 2010, S & Anor v Refugee Applications Commissioner & Anor 2010 IEHC 421
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What was at stake
EDAL summary. This case concerned a decision of the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner to refuse to process the asylum applications of two nationals of Azerbaijan, with refugee status in Poland. The ap...
What the court decided
The Court held that asylum seekers who have already been granted refugee status in a first country of asylum must demonstrate that the authorities in that country are unwilling or unable to provide protection before seeking asylum in a second country. Merely alleging a fear of persecution is insufficient; applicants must show they attempted to invoke protection and that it failed. In this case, as the applicants had not reported their fears to Polish authorities, their applications were bound to fail, and the Minister had no jurisdiction to grant them refugee status under Section 17(4) of the Refugee Act, 1996.
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