F.M. & Ors v Minister for Justice & Ors (Approved)

1.������ Ten appeals come before this Court for consideration, arising from the High Court�s (Humphreys J�s) dismissal, in a series of judgments, of challenges brought by the appellants to the first respondent�s (hereinafter �the Minister�) refusal to grant them subsidiary protection.

5.������ The following is a brief outline of the appellants� respective factual backgrounds and the timelines involved in their requests for international protection:

13.���� R.B. is a national of Bangladesh and is a practising Buddhist.� He claimed asylum in November 2010 based on his having to flee Bangladesh in the face of resistance from Islamic extremists who objected to his father�s plans to construct a Buddhist school.� ORAC�s refusal of asylum was affirmed by the RAT on 26 April 2011 following which he was refused refugee status by decision of the Minister dated 31 May 2011.� R.B. had earlier applied for subsidiary protection on 18 May 2011. His application was refused by decision dated 11 May 2012.�

14.���� H.Y.O. and D.F.O.I. (born 22 October 2009) made claims for asylum on 21 August 2009 and 25 November 2009, respectively. Their claims were largely based on fear of persecution in Nigeria by a group known as Boko Haram.� In May 2010, the asylum claims were refused on credibility/internal relocation grounds. The Minister refused them refugee status on 6 July 2010.� They then made an application for subsidiary protection on 26 July 2010 which was refused by decision dated 26 July 2012.�� Deportation orders made on 30 August 2012 were duly acted upon by GNIB.�

16.���� In each of these cases, all the grounds upon which the subsidiary protection decisions were challenged were rejected by the trial judge.�