Australia to release asylum seekers in indefinite detention after landmark ruling


  • World
  • Friday, 10 Nov 2023

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia has released a stateless Rohingya man held in immigration detention for years, the government said on Friday, following a landmark court ruling that paves the way to end the indefinite detention of asylum seekers.

The High Court ruled on Wednesday that the man from Myanmar identified as NZYQ, who has been in detention after serving time in jail for child sexual offences, has been unlawfully detained as there was no real prospect that he could be removed from Australia in the foreseeable future.

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