UK - House of Lords, 15 February 2006, Januzi v Secretary of State for the Home Department & Ors [2006] UKHL 5
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What was at stake
EDAL summary. In assessing whether an applicant could obtain internal protection to avoid persecution, decision makers should consider whether it would be unreasonable or unduly harsh to expect the applicant to rel...
What the court decided
The House of Lords set out that the test for internal protection is whether it is reasonable to expect a claimant to relocate or whether it would be unduly harsh, taking into account all relevant circumstances and guided by the UNHCR Guidelines, and applied this test by dismissing Januzi’s appeal while allowing the other applicants’ appeals to be remitted for further consideration.
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