This is, by any reasonable yardstick, a fair appeals mechanism for cases which are found at first instance to be devoid of substance and manifestly so. The manifestly unfounded nature of these cases will often emerge where the applicant has failed to co-operate with the investigation of his or her claim, has told lies, failed to turn up for interviews or has generally failed to produce any evidence that he or she is in need of protection. The second pair of eyes provided by the independent member of the tribunal is a more than sufficient safeguard against deserving cases slipping through the net. Should the tribunal disagree with the recommendation of the commissioner, that recommendation is set aside and the case is remitted to the commissioner.