Ramirez v. Canada ( Solicitor General )
IMM-1192-94
Rouleau J.
9/12/94
6 pp.
Application for judicial review of CRDD decision applicant not Convention refugee-Applicant sixty-four-year-old citizen of Nicaragua claiming refugee status based on well-founded fear of persecution by reason of political opinion, membership in particular social group-Applicant's fears connected with daughter's previous problems in Nicaragua with Sandinistas-Daughter's house in which applicant lived confiscated-Allegations revealing personal inconvenience and harassment not bringing applicant within definition of "persecution"-Panel correct in so finding-Main issue whether confiscation of applicant's house and impact on her amount to persecution-That applicant might suffer from not having home upon return to Nicaragua not amounting to persecution as defined by jurisprudence-Open to Board to so decide after careful and sympathetic analysis of evidence-Trials, tribulation of applicant not amounting to persecution-Application dismissed.