Read the full judgment text of HCAL 2304/2019 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 16 June 2023.
1. The Applicant is a 29-year-old national of Vietnam who together with his wife entered Hong Kong illegally on 28 February 2016 and surrendered to the Immigration Department on 1 March 2016 when they jointly raised a non-refoulement claim on the basis that if they returned to Vietnam they would be harmed or killed by their creditors over their unpaid debts. They were subsequently released on recognizance pending the determination of their claim.
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