Read the full judgment text of HCAL 87/2018 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 21 September 2018.
1. The applicant is a 31-year-old national of Bangladesh who entered Hong Kong illegally on 21 December 2015 and surrendered to the Immigration Department on the following day on 22 December 2015 and subsequently lodged a non-refoulement claim on the basis that if he returned to Bangladesh he would be harmed or killed by the supporters of rival political party Awami League (“AL”). He has since been released on recognizance pending the determination of his claim.