Does persecution against one member of the same family constitute a refugee status?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Lakatos v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2001 FCT 408 (CanLII):
However, persecution against one family member does not automatically entitle all other members of the family to status as Convention refugees: Pour-Shariati v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration ) (1997), 39 Imm. L.R. (2d) 103 (F.C.A.). Further, the family is a social group, for the purpose of the definition of Convention refugee, only where there is evidence that the persecution is taking place against family members as a social group: Casetellanos v. Canada (Solicitor General), 1994 CanLII 3546 (FC), [1995] 2 F.C. 190 (F.C.T.D.).
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