Read the full judgment text of HCAL 665/2022 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 17 December 2025.
1. The Applicant is a 44-year-old national of Vietnam who entered Hong Kong illegally on 17 September 2019 and was arrested by police more than one year later on 14 October 2020. After he was referred to the Immigration Department for investigation, he raised a non-refoulement claim for protection on the basis that if he returned to Vietnam he would be harmed or killed by his creditor for failing to repay his debts. He was subsequently released on recognizance pending the determination of his cl
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