Abbasi Ahtisham v The Adjudicator of theNon-refoulement Claims Petition Officeappointed to determine the Applicant’s Petition

Read the full judgment text of HCAL 317/2018 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 24 May 2019.

1. The applicant is a 27-year-old national of Pakistan who entered Hong Kong illegally on 1 December 2015 and was arrested by police on 21 December 2015.  After he was referred to the Immigration Department for investigation, he lodged a non-refoulement claim on the basis that if he returned to Pakistan he would be harmed or killed by certain fellow villagers over a land dispute. He has since been released on recognizance pending the determination of his claim.

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