Olanrewaju Akeju v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)

canada, canadian, case law, court opinion, canlii, fct, 2026fc1115, 2026 fc 1115 (canlii), 2026, fc, 1115, (canlii), imm-5042-25, 2026, administrative law, judicial review, reasonableness, standard of review, canada (minister of citizenship and immigration) v vavilov, whether the decision is justified, intelligible and transparent, court’s role not to reweigh evidence, intervention only for serious shortcomings in rationale and outcome, application for judicial review dismissed, citizenship and immigration, refugee protection, manifestly unfounded claim, immigration and refugee protection act, s. 107.1, whether claim was “clearly fraudulent” based on striking similarities with unrelated narratives, dishonesty must be material to determination, similar flow, themes, sequencing, wording relied on, manifestly unfounded finding upheld, citizenship and immigration, refugee protection, credibility and explanations, whether applicant provided an adequate explanation for similarities in narratives, cultural background and common experiences considered but not accepted, burden on claimant to establish narrative was her own, argument that copying occurred without knowledge treated as speculative, unreasonableness not established, citizenship and immigration, refugee protection, documentary evidence, whether supporting letters were reasonably found fabricated, letters contained multiple, identical phrases with no explanation, similarity not merely linguistic but identical wording, central evidence undermining credibility of core allegations, determination that letters were fabricated upheld, application dismissed, citizenship and immigration, refugee protection, risk nexus and subjective fear, whether rpd erred on assessing an inextricable link between risks to minor claimant and risk to applicant, argument not advanced before rpd, no evidence of subjective fear as mother of child with disability, objective country evidence not determinative absent subjective fear, challenge rejected, application dismissed