Read the full judgment text of HCAL 2391/2025 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 28 April 2026.
1. The Applicant is a 44-year-old national of Laos who arrived in Hong Kong on 29 December 2023 as a visitor with permission to remain as such up to 12 January 2024 when he did not depart and instead overstayed, and on 17 January 2024 he surrendered to the Immigration Department and raised a non-refoulement claim for protection on the basis that if he returned to Laos he would be harmed or killed by his employer’s creditor over his employer’s debts for which he acted as a surety. He was subseque
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