Hundreds of indefinitely detained immigrants may soon hear their fate as the High Court considers a landmark legal challenge that has ramifications for government policy.
may soon hear their fate as the High Court considers a landmark legal challenge that has ramifications for government policy.His case springs from an earlier High Court ruling, which found it was unlawful to indefinitely detain people with no prospect of deportation.About 150 immigration detainees were released as a result.
Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil said the government had argued this person should remain in detention and the Commonwealth should retain its power to detain people in these circumstances. Sanmati Verma, a legal director at the law centre, said the government was using indefinite detention as a way to "coerce people into returning to danger".
Under the proposed laws, those who refuse to cooperate with the government over their deportation - which includes those on some bridging visas - could spend up to five years in prison.
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