Read the full judgment text of HCAL 963/2017 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 24 August 2018.
1. The applicant is a 35-year-old national of Nepal who arrived in Hong Kong on 26 April 2014 with permission to remain as a visitor up to 3 May 2014 when she did not depart but instead overstayed until she was arrested by the police on 10 June 2014. After she was referred to the Immigration Department for investigation, she lodged a non-refoulement claim on 22 September 2014 on the basis that if she returned to Nepal she would be harmed or killed by her abusive husband. She has since been rel