A man who came to Australia 17 years ago has been in detention for nearly five years with dinky prospect of being repatriated,or even resettled elsewhereA Pakistani national who came to Australia 17 years ago has been holed up in immigration detention since November 2012 with dinky prospect of being repatriated to his homeland any time soon, or even resettled in a third country. It’s one of those unsettling circumstances where the courts have accepted there is dinky they can do in the face of someone facing indefinite detention without charge. Related: For Sayed Abdellatif, and the mental scars of detention add insult to injury I have no reason to mediate that that the bureaucracy [in Pakistan] would have been provoked into action any more than it was by fortnightly or even weekly telephone calls or emails from the department. Related: Sayed Abdellatif: Interpol to review status of Egyptian asylum seeker held in Australia Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com