Shevchenko v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), docket IMM-4747-96

     IMM-4747-96

MONTRÉAL, QUEBEC, THE 15th DAY OF OCTOBER 1997

PRESENT:      THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HUGESSEN

BETWEEN:      TATYANA ZOBNINA SHEVCHENKO

     LEONID SHEVCHENKO

     GENNADI CHEVTCHENKO

     ANNA SHEVCHENKO,

     Applicants,

     AND:

     MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP

     AND IMMIGRATION OF CANADA,

     Respondent.

     Application for judicial review from a decision dated November 26, 1996 by members Yves Boisrond and Francine Lattraverse of the Convention Refugee Determination Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board.

     [Section 82.1 of the Immigration Act]

     O R D E R

     The application is dismissed.

James K. Hugessen

Judge

Certified true translation

Stephen Balogh

     IMM-4747-96

BETWEEN:

     TATYANA ZOBNINA SHEVCHENKO

     LEONID SHEVCHENKO

     GENNADI CHEVTCHENKO

     ANNA SHEVCHENKO,

     Applicants,

     AND:

     MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP

     AND IMMIGRATION OF CANADA,

     Respondent.

     REASONS FOR ORDER

     (Delivered from the bench at Montréal

     on Wednesday, October 15, 1997)

HUGESSEN J.

[1]      The record contains both documentary and testimonial evidence in support of the Refugee Division's finding that the applicants could have settled quite safely either in Alma Ata or in the north of the country. The fact that the applicants submitted the opposite to be the case is not a sufficient ground for this Court to intervene.

[2]      The application for judicial review will be dismissed. I ask counsel whether they wish to propose that a question be certified.

James K. Hugessen

Judge

Montréal, Quebec

October 15, 1997

Certified true translation

Stephen Balogh

     Federal Court of Canada

     Court No.      IMM-4747-96

BETWEEN

     TATYANA ZOBNINA SHEVCHENKO

     LEONID SHEVCHENKO

     GENNADI CHEVTCHENKO

     ANNA SHEVCHENKO,

     Applicants,

     - and -

     MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP

     AND IMMIGRATION OF CANADA,

    

                     Respondent.

     REASONS FOR ORDER

     FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA

     NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD

COURT FILE NO.:      IMM-4747-96

STYLE OF CAUSE:      TATYANA ZOBNINA SHEVCHENKO

     LEONID SHEVCHENKO

     GENNADI CHEVTCHENKO

     ANNA SHEVCHENKO,

     Applicants,

     AND:

     MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP

     AND IMMIGRATION OF CANADA,

     Respondent.

PLACE OF HEARING:      Montréal, Quebec

DATE OF HEARING:      October 15, 1997

REASONS FOR ORDER BY THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HUGESSEN

DATE OF REASONS FOR

ORDER:      October 15, 1997

APPEARANCES:      Eveline Fiset      for the applicants

     Michel Synnotte      for the respondent

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:

     Eveline Fiset

     Montréal, Quebec      for the applicants

     George Thomson

     Deputy Attorney General of Canada

     Ottawa, Ontario      for the respondent