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Palestinian woman, 61, who fled Gaza detained by authorities after pre-dawn raid in Sydney

Maha Almassri told she had failed a visa character check and taken to Bankstown police station, then Villawood detention centre, cousin says

The Guardian - AU

‘I felt less human, not human at all’: Australia faces moral crossroads over Nauru

Who is accountable for what happens in an offshore processing centre? It’s remarkable this is still a question in Australia

The Guardian - AU

Saudi Woman May Have Been Abducted From Australia: Lawyer

A Saudi Arabian woman appears to have been abducted from Australia and flown to the Gulf state, her lawyer has told AFP, saying she fears her client is in detention.

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Mohamed came to Australia as a teenager. Now, he faces being deported to a country he doesn’t know

After almost a decade in immigration detention Mohamed Coker was told he would be put on a plane to Sierra Leone within hours

The Guardian - AU

Refugees risk being stripped of protection under ‘draconian’ Labor deportation bill, opponents say

Greens immigration spokesperson says bill expands ministerial power to reverse protection findings and deport people previously granted asylum

The Guardian - AU

Immigration detention: Rohingya refugee NZYQ given sex offender counselling sessions in ‘very special deal’

Commonwealth warned lack of counselling would weaken its immigration detention case as case as advocates say those still in immigration detention cannot access similar programs

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s emergency laws after immigration detention ruling may amount to ‘extrajudicial’ punishment

Legal experts say constitutional challenges to new laws are likely as Labor braces for possible compensation claims following high court decision

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Freed detainee fearful as advocates pan emergency laws

After the High Court found indefinite immigration detention unlawful, freed detainees and advocates are concerned about "knee-jerk" emergency laws.

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Malaysian hitman released from Australian immigration detention after high court ruling

Sirul Azhar Umar, sentenced in Malaysia over a politically charged murder, cannot be deported by Australia because he would face the death penalty

The Guardian - AU

Australia to immediately begin releasing people held in indefinite immigration detention

Legal advocate for detainees says government could be liable for compensation if it fails to free people

The Guardian - AU

Adelaide man thanks Australian officials for ‘relentless’ effort to get family of four home from Gaza

Arriving in Adelaide the father of two has thanked everyone who ‘felt their pain’ and praised ‘compassionate’ Dfat staff

The Guardian - AU

Sudanese refugees in immigration detention facing few prospects of being released

Sudanese-born men and women are estimated to make up about 10 per cent of people held in Australia's immigration detention facilities, and for most of them, there's little hope of leaving the gated compounds.

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Lessons from Australia: UK’s migration law set to repeat mistakes

Activists, lawyers and refugees see the UK repeating the mistakes and abuses of Australia’s draconian asylum seeker law.

Al Jazeera

‘I need my freedom’: Mohammed Al-Bdairi should be at the birth of his child – but he remains in detention

The Iraqi refugee’s visa was cancelled in 2019 but the Administrative Appeals Tribunal overturned the ruling in December

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UN condemns arbitrary detention of Iranian refugee in Australia

UN says Australia, which has detained Ahwaz asylum seeker Mr A since 2017, is breaching international law.

The Guardian - AU

Australia condemned for indefinitely ‘locking up’ Iranian political dissident

Several family members of Mr A, from Iran’s Ahwazi Arab community, killed by security forces during Iranian uprising

The Guardian - AU

‘All I know is Australia’: Indigenous man left in immigration detention for more than three years

Gus Kuster is effectively stateless after failed bid to deport him despite being recognised as an Indigenous Australian

The Guardian - AU

‘Never given a chance’: freed asylum seekers lament lost decade in immigration detention

Advocates hope release of Bangladeshi men is a sign Albanese government is winding back arbitrary detention

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'One of the most inhumane decisions I've ever seen': Inside one refugee's nine-year detention nightmare

When Najat Shalikhan arrived in Australia with her 16-year-old son Ahmed in August 2013, she thought they'd finally made it to safety. In reality, it was the beginning of another nightmare.

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They were trapped in immigration detention for nine years. Here's what life after the Park Hotel looks like

For a brief time, he became the global symbol of Australia's immigration system. What happened to Mehdi from Melbourne's Park Hotel?

Al Jazeera

The all-powerful ‘Minister’ and Australian immigration detention

Refugees say they are at the mercy of ‘The Minister’ – three politicians with the power to grant visas and release.

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