Peter Dutton demands immigration minister Andrew Giles resign as another person released from detention
by Paul Karp Chief political correspondent from on (#6GRYW)
Opposition leader's call follows latest court order to free Iranian asylum seeker who had been detained since 2013
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Peter Dutton has called on the immigration minister, Andrew Giles, to resign, as fallout from the high court decision on indefinite detention continues with another release ordered by the federal court.
On Thursday the federal court ordered the government to immediately free the Iranian asylum seeker Ned Kelly Emeralds, who spent a decade in immigration detention, the first release ordered since the new high court precedent that indefinite immigration detention is unlawful.
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