Federal Court Decisions

Date: 20011101

Docket: IMM-6601-00

Neutral Citation: 2001 FCT 1190

BETWEEN:                         

                         ABOUBACAR SIDIKI BERTE

                                                                Applicant

                                 - and -

                        MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP

                             AND IMMIGRATION

                                                               Respondent

                      REASONS FOR ORDER AND ORDER

TREMBLAY-LAMER J.:

[1]                 This is an application for judicial review of a decision of the Convention Refugee Determination Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board ("Refugee Division"), determining that the applicant is not a Convention Refugee.

[2]                 The applicant, Aboubacar Sidiki Berte, is a citizen of Ivory Coast. He claims to have a well-founded fear of persecution by reason of imputed political opinion.

[3]                 The Refugee Division rejected the applicant's testimony in its entirety because it appeared to it to be devoid of credibility. The panel noted that "the claimant was not a credible witness because his story is marked by implausibilities, additions and contradictions relating to major material facts in his claim." When the applicant was confronted, he was unable to provide the panel with satisfactory explanations.

[4]                 Despite his counsel's efforts, the applicant failed to prove that the findings stated by the Refugee Division were made in a perverse or capricious manner or without regard for the material before it. As a result, the application for judicial review is dismissed.

                                                                                                                              Danièle Tremblay-Lamer                

                                                                                                                        JUDGE

Montréal, Quebec

November 1, 2001.

Certified true translation

Sophie Debbané, LL.B.

                        

           FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA

                 TRIAL DIVISION

Date: 20011101

Docket: IMM-6601-00

Between:

ABOUBACAR SIDIKI BERTE

                                    Applicant

- and -

MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND

IMMIGRATION

                                   Respondent

                                                                                                 

             REASONS FOR ORDER

                  AND ORDER

                                                                                                    

                                  FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA

                                       TRIAL DIVISION

                       NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD

DOCKET:                        IMM-6601-00

STYLE OF CAUSE:              ABOUBACAR SIDIKI BERTE

                                                                          Applicant

- and -

MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND

IMMIGRATION

                                                                         Respondent

PLACE OF HEARING:                     Montréal, Quebec

DATE OF HEARING:                       November 1, 2001

REASONS FOR ORDER AND ORDER OF THE

HONOURABLE MADAM JUSTICE TREMBLAY-LAMER

DATED:                                                November 1, 2001

APPEARANCES:

Patrick Fernandez                                                                           FOR THE APPLICANT

Isabelle Brochu                                                                               FOR THE RESPONDENT

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:

Patrick Fernandez

Montréal, Quebec                                                                          FOR THE APPLICANT

Morris Rosenberg

Deputy Attorney General of Canada

Montréal, Quebec                                                                          FOR THE RESPONDENT