Read the full judgment text of HCAL 512/2017 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 11 May 2018.
1. The applicant is a 34-year-old national of Pakistan who entered Hong Kong on 25 October 2013 with permission to remain as a visitor up to 5 November 2013 when he did not depart but instead overstayed until 5 February 2014 when he was arrested by police. After he was referred to the Immigration Department for investigation, on 8 February 2014 he raised a non-refoulement claim with the Department on the basis that if he returned to Pakistan he would be harmed or killed by his uncle over a land