Read the full judgment text of HCAL 1180/2020 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 21 August 2025.
1. The Applicant is a 48-year-old national of Bangladesh who entered Hong Kong illegally on 10 January 2019 and surrendered to the Immigration Department on 22 January 2019 when he raised a non-refoulement claim for protection on the basis that if he returned to Bangladesh he would be harmed or killed by some of the Muslim villagers in his home village for being a Buddhist and over their religious differences. He was subsequently released on recognizance pending the determination of his claim.
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