Jorome Okeke v Chief Immigration Officer

HH 157-2012

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Case Details

Court

Harare High Court

Date

4 April 2012

Citation

HH 157-2012

Neutral Citation

[2012] ZWHH 157

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Urgent Application

Bench

Presiding

Mtshiya J

Full Bench

Mtshiya J

Areas of Law

Administrative lawImmigration law

Keywords

Temporary permit extensionDeportationUrgencyReview application

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether the application meets the requirements of urgency","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Minor child left Zimbabwe on 18 March 2012; applicant had knowledge since October 2011"}
{"issue_text":"Whether applicant can link his personal liberty issues to an application filed on behalf of a minor","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Applicant amended relief to include protection of his own liberty"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

The applicant filed an urgent application on behalf of a 16-year-old Nigerian minor child seeking to stay her deportation and extend her temporary permit. The child had overstayed her visa since 25 February 2012. The applicant later amended the application to include protection of his own liberty, claiming immigration officials were seeking to arrest him for harboring the minor. However, by the time of hearing, the minor child had already left Zimbabwe for Nigeria on 18 March 2012.

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