Non-refoulement Claims by Former Foreign Domestic Helper Visa Holders

Jade Anderson made this Freedom of Information request to Immigration Department

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Dear Immigration Department,

I would like to know the number of non-refoulement claims submitted by people who had originally been issued a Foreign Domestic Helper visa by your Department for each year from 2014 to 2019. I would also like to know how many of these claims have been substantiated.

Many thanks in advance for your assistance.

Yours faithfully,

Jade Anderson

Immigration Department

Our ref. : IL/00050116/20  and  L/M (16) in ImmD RALS1/6-20/3/C

 

Dear Ms Anderson,

 

We refer to your application for access to information of 15 January 2020
relating to statistics on non-refoulement claims.

 

Your application is now under processing.  Our Department would revert to
you on or before 4 February 2020 according to paragraph 1.16 of the Code
on Access to Information.

 

 

Best Regards,

 

 

(KY HUI)

for Director of Immigration

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Immigration Department

Dear Ms Anderson,

 

We refer to your application for access to information of 15 January 2020
relating to statistics on non-refoulement claims. 

 

Further to our interim reply on 24 January 2020, please find below the
information as requested:-

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Year |No. of non-refoulement claims lodged by former foreign|
| | domestic helpers since USM |
|-----------------+------------------------------------------------------|
|2014 (Mar to Dec)| 749 |
|-----------------+------------------------------------------------------|
| 2015 | 481 |
|-----------------+------------------------------------------------------|
| 2016 | 520 |
|-----------------+------------------------------------------------------|
| 2017 | 441 |
|-----------------+------------------------------------------------------|
| 2018 | 353 |
|-----------------+------------------------------------------------------|
| 2019 | 222 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Please be informed that we do not maintain statistics of substantiated
claims from the above.

 

Best Regards,

 

(FUNG Man-him)

for Director of Immigration

 

To learn more about the application requirements and procedures of the
most frequently used services provided by the Hong Kong Immigration
Department, you are welcome to visit the Easy Access Playlist at Hong Kong
Immigration Department [1]YouTube Channel. The concerned video clips have
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Dear Immigration Department,

Thank you for your reply.

Yours faithfully,

Jade Anderson