Read the full judgment text of HCAL 889/2017 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 29 March 2018.
1. The applicant is a 36-year-old Filipino who arrived in Hong Kong on 22 October2014 with permission to remain as a visitor until 5 November 2014 when he did not depart but overstayed until 18 August 2016 when he was arrested by the police. On 23 August 2016 he pleaded guilty to the offence of breaching the condition of stay and was sentenced to six-weeks imprisonment suspended for three years. Whilst he was being detained by the Immigration Department he raised his non-refoulement claim on 7