Citation: 2020 RLLR 181
Tribunal: Refugee Protection Division
Date of Decision: February 11, 2020
Panel: K. Khamsi
Counsel for the Claimant(s): Samir N Roman
Country: Egypt
RPD Number: TB9-24867
Associated RPD Number(s): TB9-24931, TB9-24950, TB9-24951
ATIP Number: A-2020-00518
ATIP Pages: 001017-001020
REASONS FOR DECISION
INTRODUCTION
[1] These are the reasons for the decision in the claims of XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, who claim to be citizens of Egypt, and are claiming refugee protection pursuant to sections 96 and 97(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
[2] These claims have been decided without a hearing, according to the Immigration and Refugee Board’s Chairperson’s Instructions Governing the Streaming of Less Complex Claims at the Refugee Protection Division (RPD) and paragraph 170(f) of the Act.
[3] The certificate of readiness was received by the Board on November 28, 2019.
ALLEGATIONS
[4] You allege the following:
[5] You have been discriminated in Egypt because of your religion,
[6] You have been targeted in Egypt by Muslim extremist who asked you to convert to Islam,
[7] You have been threatened to be killed if you do not convert to Islam.
DETERMINATION
[8] I find that you are Convention refugees as you have established a serious possibility of persecution should you return to Egypt based on the grounds in section 96.
ANALYSIS
Identity
[9] I find that your identities as nationals of Egypt is established by the documents provided such as your Egyptian passports.
Nexus
[10] I find that you have established a nexus to section 96 by reason of religion.
Credibility
[11] Based on the documents in the file, I have noted no serious credibility issues. In particular, the evidence establishes your profile as Coptic Christians, and the allegations as set out above are corroborated by country conditions evidence. After reviewing the documents relating to your religion, I have no reasons to doubt their authenticity.
Objective basis of future risk
[12] I find that the risk you allege is objectively well-founded in the documentary evidence: NDP for Egypt – September 30, 2019 – which reveals that Coptic Christians are persecuted and discriminated in Egypt and that they continue to be the target of sectarian violence.
State protection
[13] I find that adequate state protection would not be reasonably forthcoming in this particular case as the above cited evidence show that the police and authorities in Egypt do not always intervene to protect Christians who are victims of violent acts.
Internal flight alternative
[14] I have considered whether a viable internal flight alternative exists for you. On the evidence before me, I find that there is a serious possibility of persecution throughout Egypt.
CONCLUSION
[15] Based on the analysis above, I conclude that you are convention refugees. Accordingly, I accept your claims.
(signed) K. KHAMSI