Read the full judgment text of HCAL 1955/2018 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 21 January 2021.
1. The Applicant is a 35-year-old national of Bangladesh who entered Hong Kong illegally on 21 December 2015 and was arrested by police on the same day. After he was referred to the Immigration Department for investigation, he raised a non-refoulement claim for protection on the basis that if he returned to Bangladesh he would be harmed or killed by certain local supporters of rival political party Awami League (“AL”).