Read the full judgment text of HCAL 3298/2019 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 9 December 2025.
1. The applicants are mother and daughter. The daughter was aged 21 when she appeared before the Torture Claims Appeal Board (“the Board”) and is now aged 37. They are illegal immigrants because they overstayed in Hong Kong since 12 February 2013. They surrendered to the Immigration Department and lodged a non-refoulement claim with the Director of Immigration (“the Director”). The Director refused their claim and they appealed to the Board.
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