Exclusive: Safwat Abdel-Hady may now be able to pursue damages for false imprisonment after court found his detention was not authorised by Migration Act
Immigration minister Andrew Giles agreed with the judge who said he had a ‘very fixed view’ on deporting man who court says is medically unfit to fly.Immigration minister Andrew Giles agreed with the judge who said he had a ‘very fixed view’ on deporting man who court says is medically unfit to fly.
Despite the home affairs department’s submission to Giles warning that if he did not release Abdel-Hady then he was likely to be released because of the high court decision, Giles claimed that Abdel-Hady was “not part of the NZYQ cohort”. On 28 February Giles told the House of Representatives the government was taking “every possible step to deport people who have no right to stay in this country”.Each week our editors select five of the most interesting, entertaining and thoughtful reads published by Guardian Australia and our international colleagues.
In Abdel-Hady’s original high court case, before aspects were remitted to the federal circuit court, he had sought damages for false imprisonment.
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