Read the full judgment text of HCAL 1973/2020 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 14 December 2021.
1. The Applicant is a 40-year-old national of India who arrived in Hong Kong on 13 March 2015 as a visitor with permission to remain up to 27 March 2015 when he did not depart and instead overstayed, and on 9 April 2015 he surrendered to the Immigration Department and raised a non-refoulement claim on the basis that if he returned to India he would be harmed or killed by his creditor over his outstanding debts. He was subsequently released on recognizance pending the determination of his claim.