Read the full judgment text of HCAL 410/2019 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 18 November 2021.
1. The Applicant is a 29-year-old national of Bangladesh who entered Hong Kong illegally on 30 May 2014 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 Bangladesh he would be harmed or killed by his neighbors who tried to steal his family’s land in his home village. He was subsequently released on recognizance pending the determination of his claim.
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