Australia’s national interest must be weighed when deporting refugees, court tells government

Judge sets aside Alan Tudge decision on Afghan man's visa for failing to consider full consequences of breaching international obligations

The Morrison government has been warned it must consider the impact on Australia's national interest of sending refugees back to their country of persecution after losing its bid to deport a convicted child sex offender.

Last year the then-acting immigration minister, Alan Tudge, refused an Afghan man a Safe Haven Enterprise Visa on character grounds, despite acknowledging the risk he could be killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan.