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1. The applicant is a Nigerian national who arrived in Hong Kong from Lagos and transited to Fiji on 27 April 2016. However, he was refused permission to land in Fiji and was repatriated back to Hong Kong on 30 April 2016. On 2 May 2016, a letter from the UNHCR was sent to the Immigration Department stating that the applicant claimed he would be subject to persecution if he returned to Nigeria. He lodged a non-refoulement protection claim which the Director of Immigration (“the Director”) rej