Eighty people already freed from Australia’s immigration detention since landmark high court ruling
by Paul Karp Chief political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6GAPP)
Minister seeks to allay community concern about releases but admits full ramifications' of decision yet to be determined
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The immigration minister has revealed that 80 people have so far been released from immigration detention since the high court ruled it is unlawful to hold those with no realistic prospect of deportation.
On Monday Andrew Giles sought to allay community concern about the releases, which have included Malaysian hitman Sirul Azhar Umar, by saying all [80] are on appropriate visa conditions" including regular reporting.
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