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New law allows Australian government to indefinitely detain refugees
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/may/13/new-law-allows-australian-government-to-indefinitely-detain-refugees-with-criminal-convictions
Human rights groups warn the law gives the immigration minister a new power to overturn refugee status
Human rights groups – and parliament’s own human rights committee – say a new law pushed through parliament gives the government the power to indefinitely detain refugees, potentially for the rest of their lives.