OMAR SEIF HAMAD V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE

The applicant, a Tanzanian national and illegal immigrant, sought leave to apply for judicial review of the Torture Claims Appeal Board's decision dismissing his appeal against the Director of Immigration's rejection of his non-refoulement claim based on fear of being deprived of his political freedom. He was absent at the hearing. Leave to apply for judicial review was refused.