Read the full judgment text of HCAL 600/2019 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 8 September 2022.
1. The Applicant is a 25-year-old national of Vietnam who entered Hong Kong illegally on 22 March 2016 and surrendered to the Immigration Department on 5 April 2016 when he raised a non-refoulement claim on the basis that if he returned to Vietnam he would be harmed or killed by his parents’ creditor over their outstanding debts after they had disappeared without settling them. He was subsequently released on recognizance pending the determination of his claim.
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