Australia’s system of indefinite immigration detention to face high court challenge

Lawyers for stateless Rohingya refugee seek to overturn 20-year-old precedent that allows those who can't be deported to be kept detained

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Australia's system of indefinite immigration detention is set to be challenged in a bid to overturn a 20-year-old high court precedent keeping hundreds of people who can't be deported in detention.

Lawyers for NZYQ, the pseudonym of a stateless Rohingya refugee, have told the high court their client, aged 28 to 30, may potentially be detained for life" unless it rules that people can only be held temporarily to facilitate their deportation.

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