A protester holds up a placard at a rally in Sydney opposing Australia's refugee policy, September 26, 2014
Sydney (AFP) - Lawyers Thursday said they will urgently appeal a court decision that a baby born in Australia to asylum-seeker parents is not entitled to refugee status, with the fate of 100 other children resting on the outcome.
Federal Court Judge Michael Jarrett on Wednesday ruled in favour of the government that baby boy Ferouz was an "unlawful maritime arrival", despite being born in Brisbane's Mater Hospital last year.
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