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
ShutterstockIn 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...
