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Federal Court awards $350,000 to unlawfully detained asylum seeker, opening door to further claims

  • Written by Sangeetha Pillai, Senior Research Associate, Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Law School, UNSW
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In a significant judgment, Federal Court judge Geoffrey Flick on Monday ordered the Australian government to pay A$350,000 in damages to a Iraqi asylum seeker who was found to have been unlawfully held in immigration detention for over two years.

It’s an important case because it represents a rare litigation win for an asylum...

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