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Ram v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2010 FC 548, [2010] 3 F.C.R. D-2

IMM-4784-09

Citizenship and Immigration

Exclusion and Removal

Removal of Visitors

Judicial review of pre-removal risk assessment (PRRA) officer’s decision applicant not subject to more than mere possibility of risk of persecution if returned to country of origin—Applicant, citizen of Guyana, arriving in Canada as visitor—Applying for permanent residence on humanitarian, compassionate considerations, requesting PRRA—PRRA officer ascribing low probative value, placing little weight on applicant’s statement—Reviewing country conditions documentation—Simply quoting long extracts from country conditions without more may lead to conclusion that PRRA officer not carrying out proper risk analysis, ignoring pertinent information—PRRA officers minimally expected to analyse documentation with view of ascertaining if particular circumstances placing applicants at risk—However, applicants having obligation to provide PRRA officers with sufficient information for such analysis to have meaning—Simply setting out generalities about criminality, other conditions leaving PRRA officers with little material for carrying out personalized, contextualized risk analysis—Analysis of country conditions herein general, but largely attributable to applicant’s failure to provide PRRA officer with material facts—Application dismissed.

Ram v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) (IMM-4784-09, 2010 FC 548, Mainville J., judgment dated May 18, 2010, 14 pp.)

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