The ruling on an Iranian man's legal challenge. could see hundreds of immigration detainees released.
Hundreds of immigration detainees could be released depending on a High Court judgment being handed down in a watershed legal challenge brought by an Iranian asylum seeker.
His case springs from a landmark High Court ruling in November, which found it was unlawful and unconstitutional to indefinitely detain people with no prospect of deportation.He told authorities they could deport him anywhere else, but Australia has not offered other options, so he remains in detention.The ruling could see hundreds of detainees released. The High Court is due to deliver its judgment this morning.
Under the proposed laws, those who refuse to cooperate with the government over their deportation - which includes those on some bridging visas - could spend up to five years in prison.
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