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Velasquez v. Canada ( Minister of Employment and Immigration )

IMM-990-93

Gibson J.

31/3/94

6 pp.

Application for judicial review of Convention Refugee Determination Division's (CRDD) decision applicant not Convention refugee based on changed country conditions-Applicant, citizen of El Salvador, basing claim on alleged well-founded fear of persecution by reason of membership in particular social group and political opinion-Applicant's son labour union leader in El Salvador pursued by death squads-Husband attacked, house ransacked by death squad-They fled country in 1984-Appropriate test of changing country conditions or circumstances requiring fundamental and significant change of proven durability or significant, effective and durable change-CRDD's analysis not meeting completely test of changing country conditions-Application allowed.

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