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1. The applicant is a Filipino national who came to Hong Kong to work as a foreign domestic helper between 1998 and 2009; she last arrived on 8 May 2009 but her contract was terminated on 23 October 2009. She overstayed from 7 November 2009 and was arrested by the police on 30 July 2013, was convicted of a breach of her condition of stay and sentenced to 12 weeks’ imprisonment. She lodged a non-refoulement protection claim after her release from prison. The Director of Immigration (“the Direc