Read the full judgment text of HCAL 872/2017 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 7 September 2018.
1. The applicant is a 40-year-old national of the Republic of Benin but was born in Nigeria, and had always lived in Nigeria until his arrival in Hong Kong on 18 June 2015 as a visitor but was arrested on 22 June 2015 for assaulting a police officer. After he was convicted of the offence and served 31 days’ imprisonment, he was referred to the Immigration Department for repatriation when he lodged a non-refoulement claim on the basis that if he returned to Nigeria or Benin he would be harmed, o
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