Read the full judgment text of HCAL 1036/2017 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 30 April 2019.
1. The applicant entered Hong Kong lawfully on 31 August 2004 but thereafter overstayed and surrendered to the Immigration Department on 24 July 2007. The applicant originally submitted a refugee claim to the UNHCR in 2004 which was rejected in 2007 and then a torture claim on 24 July 2007, which was rejected on 29 November 2013. He appealed that decision on 11 December 2013 but that appeal was adjourned pending a new claim under the Unified Screening Mechanism (“USM”). He then submitted a no