Read the full judgment text of HCAL 559/2019 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 15 March 2022.
1. The Applicant is a 40-year-old national of Philippines (DOB 5 October 1981) who first arrived in Hong Kong as a domestic helper on 15 November 2013. After her last employment contract was prematurely terminated on 18 July 2016, she did not depart and had overstayed since 2 August 2016. On 13 January 2017, she surrendered to the Immigration Department and lodged her non-refoulement claim (“ NRC ”) on 28 April 2017 on the basis that if she were to be returned to the Philippines, her life woul