Read the full judgment text of HCAL 2019/2020 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 30 July 2021.
1. The Applicant is a 37-year-old national of Vietnam who entered Hong Kong illegally on 23 November 2016 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 on the basis that if he returned to Vietnam he would be harmed or killed by the local security agents over certain land dispute in his home district. He was subsequently released on recognizance pending the determination of his claim.
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