Australia’s new powers to indefinitely detain refugees
by Presented by Laura Murphy-Oates and reported by Be from World news | The Guardian on (#5HZGC)
Last week, new laws that allow the government to indefinitely detain refugees and give the immigration minister new powers to revoke a person's refugee status, quietly passed through parliament.
The government says this gives the minister greater oversight to protect human rights, but others are concerned these powers are undemocratic and may breach international law
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