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he Board’s found that the applicant had a good grasp of Christianity but did not appear to have an emotional commitment to the religion.

The Board’s found that the applicant had a good grasp of Christianity but did not appear to have an emotional commitment to the religion.

The panel found that the claimant’s fear of religious persecution was not credible in light of the lack of objective documentation corroborating that church raids in China occur.  The Court overturned the panel’s decision because the panel failed to make a clear finding of fact that the claimant’s house church was not raided.

 Panel determined the case negative in a bench decision.

Some critics call it a lottery, others call it Russian roulette.

A CBC News analysis shows dozens of members of the Immigration and Refugee Board are overwhelmingly refusing claims for asylum in Canada, while others are overwhelmingly approving them.

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Dong v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2006 FC 314 (CanLII) Date: 2006-03-10 Docket: IMM-2792-05 URL: http://canlii.ca/t/1mv9g Citation: Dong v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2006 FC 314 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/1mv9g> retrieved on 2012-05-29 Share: Noteup: Search for decisions citing this decision Date: 20060310 Docket: IMM-2792-05 Citation: 2006 FC 314 Toronto, Ontario, March 10th, […]

(Given orally from the bench and subsequently written for clarification and precision)     [1]                This is an application for judicial review of the March 2, 2005 decision of the Refugee Protection Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board (the ABoard@) where the Applicant was held to be neither a […]

Zheng v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2004 FC 1176 (CanLII) Date: 2004-08-25 Docket: IMM-6933-03 URL: http://canlii.ca/t/1hvqw Citation: Zheng v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2004 FC 1176 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/1hvqw> retrieved on 2012-05-29 Share:   Noteup: Search for decisions citing this decision     Date: 20040825   Docket: IMM-6933-03   Citation: 2004 FC […]