Morrison Government must release all remaining people brought to Australia for medical treatment from detention
The Human Rights Law Centre has welcomed reports that the Morrison Government has released a small number of people who have been held in detention for over seven years.
The Human Rights Law Centre has welcomed reports that the Morrison Government has released a small number of people who have been held in detention for over seven years.
About 200 people transferred from Nauru and Papua New Guinea under the now-repealed Medevac laws have been held in Australia in detention centres and cramped hotels for the past 18 months. The vast majority of people transferred from offshore detention under the Medevac laws remain detained around the country.
David Burke, Legal Director at the Human Rights Law Centre, called on the Federal Government to release all of the men who remain in immigration detention centres and hotels.
“These releases show there is no reason for the Morrison Government to have locked up any of these men in detention. These people – who were brought here after already enduring six years of offshore detention – have lost another year of their lives simply because the Government did not like the Medevac laws. There was no point to their detention. Prime Minister Morrison must act to urgently release all of the remaining people so they can begin to rebuild their lives in safety.”
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