Read the full judgment text of HCAL 298/2018 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 17 June 2019.
1. The applicant is a 42-year-old national of Nigeria who arrived in Hong Kong on 5 July 2012 with permission to remain as a visitor up to 19 July 2012 when he did not depart and instead overstayed until 5 May 2015 when he was arrested by police. After he was referred to the Immigration Department for investigation, he lodged a non-refoulement claim on the basis that if he returned to Nigeria he would be harmed or killed by supporters of rival political party All People Congress (“APC”) and/or
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