EXCLUSIVE: Refugees at the makeshift detention centre open up about their harrowing experience in Australian detention in comparison to Novak Djokovic. 9News
He is one of the dozens of refugees trapped in limbo in the makeshift detention facility, awaiting news of resettlement.
Two years ago, Mr Miah was brought to Australia for medical attention and then transferred to the Park Hotel, which made international headlines this year for housing tennis world No.1 Novak Djokovic during his Australian visa battle.But Mr Miah says, unlike the tennis star, there is no quick fix for the refugees left behind, who face potentially years, or a lifetime, in Australian detention.
Last month, he and several other refugees found maggots in their food. When a fire broke out in the hotel weeks earlier they were confined to the ground floor without evacuating the building and then returned to their rooms. "A lot of experts have talked about the effect of indefinite detention on people's mental health. The most damaging part of this policy is people never know when they will be released, it could be tomorrow or in another nine years."An activist in support of refugees speaks to police officers outside Park Hotel.
Despite winning his court hearing, which appealed the cancelation of his visa to Australia, Immigration Minister Alex Hawke used his discretionary powers to deport Novak Djokovic back to Belgrade, Serbia."All the refugees in the Park Hotel or other hotels, or even off-shore could be released today if the Minister wanted to do so with those discretionary powers," he said."Unlike Djokovic, these people came here seeking safety.
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