Youssouf v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

Decided: 2026-10-27. Docket: IMM-11257-25. Citation: 2026 FC 1313 (CanLII). Citizenship and immigration — Refugee protection — Well-founded fear of persecution — Whether Goran ethnicity alone established a well-founded fear of persecution — Country documents considered for a heightened risk profile — Credibility findings limited the Applicant’s profile to ethnicity alone — Conclusion that ethnicity on its own was insufficient — Application for judicial review dismissed | Citizenship and immigration — Refugee protection — Sur place claim — Whether political activities in Canada established a sur place claim — Claim raised for the first time at the hearing — Limited corroboration, including reference to a Facebook group — No harassment of family and no threats after arrival in Canada — Sur p