Read the full judgment text of HCAL 695/2018 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 9 September 2020.
1. The Applicant is a 54-year-old national of Vietnam who together with his 22-year old son entered Hong Kong illegally on 28 September 2014, and on 8 October 2014 they surrendered to the Immigration Department and jointly raised a non-refoulement claim on the basis that if they returned to Vietnam they would be harmed or killed by the Applicant’s creditor due to his failure to repay his loan. They were subsequently released on recognizance pending the determination of their claim.
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