High Court refuses judicial review of a decision refusing applicant international protection, on the grounds that there was nothing in the decision of the International Protection Appeals Tribunal decision which suggested that the statutory provision in relation to internal settlement had been misinterpreted or misapplied.
Asylum and immigration – judicial review – challenge to the decision refusing him international protection - issue of internal settlement - task of the IPAT is to comply with the law, not to interpret it – argued that the provision incompatible with the relevant EU law on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted - Member States may introduce or retain more favourable standards for determining who qualifies as a refugee or as a person eligible for subsidiary protection - nothing in the Impugned Decision which suggests that the provision has been misinterpreted or misapplied – judicial review refused