This review covers 46 research studies from 2007 to 2019, which examine the inflow of asylum seekers and refugees in Hong Kong after the Vietnamese refugee influx in the early 2000s. By analysing existing research studies, the authors summarise three themes, namely refugee law, asylum policies, 1 1 Since the HKSARG is not a signature party of the Refugee Convention and the Protocol, it does not define claimants as asylum seekers or refugees. Therefore, there are no official refugee policies in Hong Kong. However, this review essay uses the term “asylum policy” to define any border control policies, determination processes and migrant integration policy ( Thielemann, 2004 ) related to the management of non-refoulement claims as asylum policies. 2 RSD is a refugee claim mechanism, operated by the UNHCR, to determine the status of claimants according to the Refugee Convention and the Protocol. Due to the establishment of the USM in March 2014, the UNHCR ceased to operate the RSD mechanism in Hong Kong ( UNHCR, 2020 ). 3 UNHCR Sub-Office Hong Kong has been established since 1979 to cope with the Vietnamese refugee influx from the 1970s to the early 2000s ( UNHCR, 2020 ). 4 Torture claims refer to claims made on the ground of Article 3 of the CAT. The HKSARG operated different versions of torture claim screening mechanisms from 2005 to February 2014. 5 Non-refoulement claims refer to those who seek asylum via four different grounds of the USM, which has been operated by the HKSARG since March 2014. and lived experiences of refugees and asylum seekers, on refugee and asylum studies in contemporary Hong Kong. While further research is needed, scholars can examine the potential possibilities of the legal reform of statutory insufficiencies, the development trajectory of asylum policy instruments with a more appropriate framework, and the protection mechanism of refugees’ and asylum seekers’ children.