Read the full judgment text of HCAL 1675/2018 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 20 September 2019.
1. The applicant is a Pakistani national who entered Hong Kong illegally by boat on 16 December 2015 only to be arrested the same day. He made an application for non‑refoulement protection on all applicable grounds. That claim was rejected by the Director of Immigration (“the Director”) on 15 September 2017. The applicant appealed that decision to the Torture Claims Appeal Board (“TCAB”) and the appeal was dealt with and rejected on 9 August 2018.