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1. The applicant is a Pakistani national who claimed to have entered Hong Kong illegally by boat on 1 June 2015 and then surrendered himself to the Immigration Department 15 days later. He lodged a non-refoulement protection claim which was rejected by the Director of Immigration (“the Director”) on 25 July 2016 and 9 May 2017. He lodged an appeal/petition with the Torture Claims Appeal Board (“TCAB”) which was rejected on 1 September 2013. The applicant filed a notice of application for leav