High Court adjourns Tibetan monk’s asylum challenge for further hearing

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A Tibetan monk’s challenge to the refusal to extend the time for appealing his asylum rejection remained unresolved when it returned to the High Court on November 28. His counsel told the court that the man was in limbo because of the lack of progress. The court adjourned the matter to the following week to come before Ms Justice Sara Phelan, who had dealt with the case previously.

The monk cannot be named. He claims he fears persecution and torture if sent to China, and says he left for political reasons. His challenge concerns IPAT’s refusal to extend the appeal deadline after a legal-team secretary’s family home in Sudan was destroyed by an air strike; these are claims set out in court papers, not findings by the court.