IMM-2285-96
BETWEEN:
MOHAMMED JUWEL ABDULALIM,
Applicant,
and
THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION,
Respondent.
REASONS FOR ORDER
NOËL, J.:
This is an application for judicial review of a decision of the Refugee Division's decision, dated May 7, 1996, declaring that the Applicant's claim to refugee status had been abandoned, pursuant to section 69.9(6) of the Immigration Act.
At the hearing, Counsel for the Applicant withdrew two of the three arguments which had been raised in support of the application. He limited his argument to the suggestion that the Board did not have before it evidence from which it could reasonably conclude that the Applicant had abandoned his claim. After having reviewed the record, I have come to the opposite conclusion. Indeed, the behaviour of the Applicant makes it plain and obvious that the claim which he has filed was not serious. The Board had ample evidence from which it could conclude that the claim had been abandoned.
The application is dismissed.
Marc Noël
Judge
Ottawa, Ontario
June 4, 1997
FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA TRIAL DIVISION
NAMES OF SOLICITORS AND SOLICITORS ON THE RECORD
COURT FILE NO.: IMM-2285-96
STYLE OF CAUSE: Mohammed Juwel Abdulalim v.
The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
PLACE OF HEARING: Montréal, Quebec
DATE OF HEARING: May 28, 1997
REASONS FOR ORDER OF THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NOEL DATED: JUNE 4TH, 1997
APPEARANCES:
Mr. Paul Fréchette
FOR THE APPLICANT
Ms. Caroline Doyon
FOR THE RESPONDENT
SOLICITORS ON THE RECORD:
Paul Fréchette Montréal, Québec
FOR THE APPLICANT
Mr. George Thomson FOR THE RESPONDENT Deputy Attorney General of Canada