Dear Lee,
I refer to your question on 13 March 2023 in relation to our reply on 2 March 2023 to
your request for Access to Information made on 12 January 2023. Having consulted
the Immigration Department (“ImmD”) and the Torture Claims Appeal Board/Non-
refoulement Claims Petition Office (“TCAB/NRCPO”), the requested information is
provided as below, please.
As at 31 December 2022, TCAB/NRCPO had received 24 712 appeals/petitions, among
which 2 502 appeals/petitions were pending determination, with the breakdown of the
nationality of the claimants concerned as tabulated below:
Number of
Number of
Nationality
appeals/petitions
appeals/petitions
received
pending determination
Pakistani
4 480
163
Indian
4 114
169
Vietnamese
3 870
615
Indonesian
3 504
797
Bangladeshi
2 883
151
Filipino
1 977
316
Nepalese
889
11
Sri Lankan
658
45
Nigerian
423
33
Others Note
1 914
202
Total
24 712
2 502
According to ImmD, as at 31 December 2022, there were 8 487 unsubstantiated
claimants whose applications for leave to apply for JR or applications for JR against
the decision of ImmD and/or TCAB/NRCPO were pending handling by the Court
(including the Court of First Instance, the Court of Appeal and the Court of Final
Appeal), with the breakdown of the nationality of the claimants concerned as tabulated
below:
Nationality
Number of claimants
Pakistani
1 571
Vietnamese
1 381
Indian
1 321
Indonesian
1 166
Bangladeshi
1 148
Filipino
754
Nepalese
214
Sri Lankan
185
Others Note
747
Total
8 487
From 1 January to 31 December 2022, a total of 1 097 unsubstantiated claimants were
removed from Hong Kong, with the breakdown of the nationality of the claimants
concerned as tabulated below:
Nationality
Number of claimants
Indian
250
Pakistani
189
Bangladeshi
141
Indonesian
141
Vietnamese
125
Filipino
55
Nepalese
43
Thai
19
Others Note
134
Total
1 097
Note: We have endeavoured to compile the requested additional information up to
around 90% of the cases. No further breakdown could be provided as it would require
substantial and unreasonable diversion of resources of ImmD and TCAB/NRCPO away
from their proper functions to retrieve the requested information accurately.
Security Bureau