Read the full judgment text of HCAL 1140/2023 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 30 January 2026.
1. The Applicant is a 51-year-old national of Thailand who arrived in Hong Kong on 10 January 2020 as a visitor with permission to remain as such up to 9 February 2020 when she did not depart and instead overstayed, and was arrested by police more than 1 year later on 14 July 2021. After she was referred to the Immigration Department for investigation, she raised a non-refoulement claim for protection on the basis that if she returned to Thailand she would be harmed or killed by her creditors fo
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