Read the full judgment text of HCAL 187/2019 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 12 December 2023.
1. The Applicant is a 29-year-old national of Nepal who entered Hong Kong illegally on 12 May 2016 and was arrested by police on 10 June 2016. After he was referred to the Immigration Department for investigation, he raised a non-refoulement claim on the basis that if he returned to Nepal he would be harmed or killed by the families of 2 victims of the Nepali civil war who blamed him for their death. He was subsequently released on recognizance pending the determination of his claim.
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