A fourth detainee, part of a group released following a High Court ruling overturning 20 years of case law, has been arrested within days of leaving indefinite detention.
As the Albanese Labor government rushes through legislation to give it the power to re-arrest immigrants who were previously detained due to their risk to the community—and the fact no country would take them—a Sudanese-born man has now appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Dec. 6, 2023, for allegedly failing to comply with a curfew and stealing luggage at Melbourne Airport.
