What is the case law on a claim that a claimant has not rebutted the availability of state protection where the claimant has made no effort whatsoever to seek protection?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Del v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2006 FC 973 (CanLII):
Generally speaking, it will be difficult to fault the Board’s conclusion that a claimant has not rebutted the availability of state protection where the claimant has made “no effort whatsoever to seek protection”: Skelly v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2004 FC 1244 at paragraph 51). Documentary Evidence
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