Palestinian woman released from immigration detention in Sydney a week after assistant minister cancelled her visa
by Jordyn Beazley and Daisy Dumas from World news | The Guardian on (#6YQP6)
Maha Almassri, 61, who fled Gaza last year, was detained in Villawood after Julian Hill personally' cancelled her bridging visa
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A Palestinian woman has been released from immigration detention a week after she was detained by authorities when a federal assistant minister personally" cancelled her visa.
Last Thursday, Maha Almassri, 61, was awoken by Australian Border Force officers at her son's home in western Sydney and taken to Villawood detention centre. She was told her bridging visa had been cancelled after she failed a character test.
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