The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[2013] 1 AC 152
Supreme Court
RT (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees intervening)
SM (Zimbabwe) v Same (Same intervening)
AM (Zimbabwe) v Same (Same intervening)
KM (Zimbabwe) v Same (Same intervening)
[2012] UKSC 38
2012 June 18,
19;
July 25
Lord Hope of Craighead DPSC, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, Lord Dyson, Lord Wilson, Lord Reed JJSC
Immigration— Asylum— Fear of persecution— Claimants having no political beliefs— Asylum claims refused on ground that able and willing to feign support for persecutory regime in country of nationality— Whether reasonable to expect claimants to lie about lack of political beliefs to avoid persecution— Whether claimants facing risk of persecution on grounds of imputed political belief— Whether entitled to refugee status—
Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) (Cmd 9171) and (1967) (Cmnd 3906), art 1A(2)