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Country of Decision: Sweden
Country of Applicant: Afghanistan
Keywords: Persecution Grounds/Reasons, Religion, Assessment of facts and circumstances, Credibility assessment, Refugee sur place, Subsequent application
For conversion to be considered an acceptable protection ground the religious belief must be genuine.
Converts to Christianity in Afghanistan face a general risk of persecution and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment on return. However, the Migration Court of Appeal found that an Afghan applicant did not prove it was reasonably likely that his conversion from Islam to Christianity was founded on a genuine belief. He had not shown that if he returned to his country of origin he had the intention to live as a convert. There was also no evidence that the authorities in his...
Date: 30-11-2010
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