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                                                                                                                                  Date: 20001219

                                                                                                                        Docket: IMM-665-00

MONTRÉAL, QUEBEC, DECEMBER 19, 2000

BEFORE:        NADON J.

BETWEEN:

                                          KAPINGA MARIE-CLAIRE NTAMBWE

                                                                                                                                               Plaintiff

                                                                         AND:

                           THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

                                                                                                                                           Defendant

                                            ORDER AND REASONS FOR ORDER

NADON J.

[1]         The Refugee Division concluded that the plaintiff was not credible and dismissed her application for refugee status.

[2]         In support of its conclusion, the Refugee Division gave six reasons. These reasons clearly explain why the Refugee Division did not believe most of the plaintiff's account.


[3]         The plaintiff did not persuade the Court that its intervention would be justified. Even if some of the reasons given by the Refugee Division may be open to criticism in some respects, that does not suffice for a conclusion that there was an error justifying intervention. In my opinion, the finding of a lack of credibility is not in any way unreasonable.

[4]         For these reasons, the application for judicial review is dismissed.

                           Marc Nadon

                                 Judge

Certified true translation

Suzanne M. Gauthier, LL.L. Trad. a.


             FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA

                          TRIAL DIVISION

                                                      Date: 20001219

                                            Docket: IMM-665-00

Between:

KAPINGA MARIE-CLAIRE NTAMBWE

                                                                    Plaintiff

AND:

THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

                                                               Defendant

       ORDER AND REASONS FOR ORDER


                                                   FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA

                                                               TRIAL DIVISION

                              NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD

FILE:                                                               IMM-665-00

STYLE OF CAUSE:                                       KAPINGA MARIE-CLAIRE NTAMBWE

                                                                                                                                                 Plaintiff

AND:

THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

                                                                                                                                             Defendant

PLACE OF HEARING:                                 Montréal, Quebec

DATE OF HEARING:                                   December 19, 2000

REASONS FOR ORDER BY:                     NADON J.

DATED:                                                          December 19, 2000

APPEARANCES:

Mario Blanchard                                                FOR THE PLAINTIFF

Sylviane Roy                                                     FOR THE DEFENDANT

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:

Mario Blanchard                                                FOR THE PLAINTIFF

Morris Rosenberg                                              FOR THE DEFENDANT

Deputy Attorney General of Canada

Montréal, Quebec

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