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Police search Tynemouth's Park Hotel site after suspected burglars spotted near landmark building

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New name unveiled for Tynemouth's Park Hotel ahead of 2023 reopening

The Inn Collection has given the hotel a new name inspired by fortifications that once stood near the site

Chronicle Live

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?

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The Last Refugees In Park Hotel Have Been Released & It’s About Fkn Time

"If they can be released now, why exactly was it 'necessary' to incarcerate these men for so long?"

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Final eight asylum seekers released from Park Hotel in Melbourne

Twelve others were also released — three from the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation, six from the Brisbane facility and three from centres in Perth and Adelaide.

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Advocates Say Even More Asylum Seekers Have Been Released From Detention & The Timing Is Suss AF

“Finally being cruel to refugees will cost you an election,” wrote Asylum Seeker Resource Centre founder Kon Karapanagiotidis.

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More refugees out of detention: supporters

More than a dozen refugees have reportedly been released from Australian immigration detention facilities, including from Melbourne's Park Hotel.

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Australia releases 9 refugees from hotel where Djokovic was held

Eighteen refugees still held as activists say the gov’t is trying to deflect a ‘burning issue’ ahead of May elections.

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Nine Refugees Were Released From Park Hotel But They Don’t Know If They Can Stay In Australia

The refugees were given no warning of their release.

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Refugees released from Aust detention

Thirteen refugees have been released from Australian immigration detention, advocates say, with most given six-month bridging visas.

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Iranian refugee Mehdi Ali released after nine years in Australian immigration detention

Mehdi, who became the public face of refugees and asylum seekers detained at Melbourne’s Park Hotel, is being resettled in the US

The Guardian - AU

If Aus Has ‘A Lot Of Room’ For Ukrainian Refugees It Better Free Those In Immigration Detention

Scott Morrison said there was “quite a lot of room" for Ukrainian refugees in Australia but apparently there's not enough room for the Muruguppan family or the 32 refugees detained indefinitely in Melbourne’s Park Hotel.

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Minister asked why refugees still stuck in Park hotel if not security risks – as it happened

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Melbourne's Lincoln Square separates two groups of Afghan refugees. Only one of them is allowed outside to enjoy it

Jameela and Wajahad both fled the Taliban but, while Jameela can enjoy this Melbourne park with her family, Wajahad can only look on from behind a small locked window.

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Thousands protest in Canberra; NSW records 32 Covid deaths and Vic 19 – as it happened

Pauline Hanson mobbed by protesters as Lifeline book fair forced to cancel. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Victoria reports 41 Covid deaths, Qld 21 and NSW 18; anti-vaxxers protest in Canberra – as it happened

Firefighters in Western Australia battle two emergency-level bushfires. This blog is now closed

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The Park Street Refugees Don’t Need Novak Djokovic’s Help, They Need Yours

"People are electing the same government who are destroying people's live in detention. It's not only on the politicians."

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Ged Kearney: The Djokovic case highlights the stark contast of our treatment of refugees

It is time for the Morrison government to step forward and explain why these refugees are still in an unsafe and unhygienic hotel, writes Ged Kearney.

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Novak Djokovic drew global attention to Australia's immigration detention regime. Now we need proper scrutiny of all places of detention

In 2017, Australia made an international commitment to implement a comprehensive inspection system for all places of detention. Four years on, it has failed to do so, and this is simply not good enough, writes Lorraine Finlay.

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