Read the full judgment text of HCAL 1723/2018 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 2 July 2019.
1. The applicant is a national of the Philippines who arrived in Hong Kong on 16 August 2015 to work as a foreign domestic helper on a two-year contract. Her contract was prematurely terminated on 30 September 2015 and she should have left Hong Kong within two weeks from that date. However, the applicant did not depart as required and overstayed in Hong Kong since 15 October 2015. One month later, she surrendered to the Immigration Department and filed a non-refoulement protection claim.