December 9, 2023
The federal government will re-detain the “worst of the worst” among former immigration detainees after it passed its new preventative detention laws during a heated late-night debate. The laws, sparked by the High Court’s ruling against indefinite detention, passed on Wednesday just hours after it was revealed a fourth former detainee was arrested. The government
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An immigration law expert says a court decision which resulted in dozens of refugees – some of them serious criminals – being released into the community has ended a “warehouse-like arrangement” where the government would lock up “people they didn’t want to deal with”. Australia’s highest court overturned a decades-long precedent concerning the nation’s immigration
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An immigration law expert says a court decision which resulted in dozens of refugees – some of them serious criminals – being released into the community has ended a “warehouse-like arrangement” where the government would lock up “people they didn’t want to deal with”. Australia’s highest court overturned a decades-long precedent concerning the nation’s immigration
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — An investigation published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Assn. found discrepancies between emergencies at California immigrant detention facilities that were reported to local authorities and those reported publicly by the federal government. The study, led by Dr. Annette Dekker, an assistant professor of emergency medicine at UCLA, analyzed about 1,200
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A Moscow court had extended until January the detention of US reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in Russia on spying charges. A Moscow court on Tuesday said it had extended until January the detention of US reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in Russia earlier this year on spying charges. The court said Gershkovich’s
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The Wall Street Journal reporter was arrested on espionage charges in March and will be held until 30 January. ADVERTISEMENT A court in Moscow on Tuesday extended the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, until 30 January. The hearing took place behind closed doors because authorities say details of
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A pornographer and star of the hit TV show Married At First Sight is moving to a new home while out on bail on drug trafficking charges. Sebastian Guilhaus, the OnlyFans content creator, appeared at Adelaide Magistrates Court on Tuesday to request a new address for his home detention, which the court ordered back in
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Melbourne Deputy Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece says the notion of “indefinite detention” for immigrants “shouldn’t be allowed” under Australia’s constitution. Mr Reece’s comments come after Australia’s High Court ruled the government holding a person in immigration detention indefinitely is unlawful. “If somebody can’t be sent back somewhere if they are stateless then Australia has an
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Matiullah Wesa, an advocate for girls’ education, was freed by Taliban authorities after months of detention. An Afghan activist who campaigned for girls’ education was released after seven months in detention on Thursday, his family said, the latest high-profile detainee to be released by Taliban authorities this month. Matiullah Wesa, the founder of the non-profit
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The centre will house people who can’t claim refugee status as they’ve arrived from countries not considered to be dangerous. ADVERTISEMENT Italy has set up its first centre for asylum seekers deemed to have come from so-called safe countries. The Italian government hopes the facility in the Sicilian port city of Pozallo will accelerate the
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