Read the full judgment text of HCAL 428/2019 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 11 March 2022.
1. The Applicant is a 38-year-old national of Philippines who came to Hong Kong as a domestic helper on 8 November 2015. After her last employment contract was terminated on 11 May 2016, she did not depart and had overstayed since 26 May 2016. She was arrested for “Breach of condition of stay” on 23 August 2016. She lodged a non-refoulement claim on 14 November 2016 and 6 January 2017 on the basis that if she returned to the Philippines, she would be harmed or killed by her boyfriend and a cr