Read the full judgment text of HCAL 229/2024 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 20 March 2026.
1. The Applicant is a 35-year-old national of Sri Lanka who entered Hong Kong illegally on 17 January 2020 and subsequently surrendered to the Immigration Department on 23 January 2020 when he raised a non-refoulement claim for protection on the basis that if he returned to Sri Lanka he would be harmed or killed by certain local gangsters over his brother’s debts. He was subsequently released on recognizance pending the determination of his claim.
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