A young Afghan man with “significant” mental health difficulties may apply to prevent his transfer from here to the UK on grounds of the mental health consequences of that, the Court of Appeal has ruled. After the man lost his appeal to the International Protection Appeals Tribunal over transfer, Eamon Dornan BL, instructed by Brian Burns solicitor, for the man, secured leave for judicial review on some grounds. In his judgment partially allowing the man’s appeal, Mr Justice Hogan said the man’s poor mental health is at the heart of the proceedings. The International Protection Appeals Tribunal had accepted he has ongoing significant mental health difficulties, is particularly vulnerable for that reason, had attempted suicide and comes from a country experiencing internal armed conflict. That included, where necessary, to examine the impact on the man’s mental health of physically moving him to the UK.

Source: The Irish Times April 19, 2018 14:03 UTC