{"id":1321752,"date":"2023-11-10T02:53:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T02:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2023\/nov\/10\/document-reveals-the-92-people-facing-release-from-indefinite-immigration-detention-in-australia"},"modified":"2023-11-10T02:53:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T02:53:46","slug":"documents-reveal-details-about-the-92-people-facing-release-from-indefinite-immigration-detention-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/11\/10\/documents-reveal-details-about-the-92-people-facing-release-from-indefinite-immigration-detention-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Documents reveal details about the 92 people facing release from indefinite immigration detention in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"
Exclusive: document tendered in high court shows more than half of the 92 have been in detention for more than a decade<\/p>
More than half of the 92 people in immigration detention the Australian government warned it would have to release if it lost a landmark high court decision had their visas cancelled by ministers due to serious concerns about criminality.<\/p>
A document tendered in the high court, seen by Guardian Australia, reveals the majority (78) are owed protection, including citizens of war-torn or authoritarian countries such as Afghanistan, Iran and Sudan. Half a dozen have been in detention for over a decade.<\/p>
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