Australia commits another $168 million to monitoring migrants freed from indefinite detention
by Rod McGuirk
Nov 27, 2023
2 minutes
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The Australian government on Monday committed an additional 255 million Australian dollars ($168 million) in funding for police and other law enforcement officials to monitor 141 migrants freed when a court ruled their indefinite detention was unconstitutional.
The new funding over two years reflects decision on Nov. 8. That ruling said the government could no longer detain indefinitely foreigners who had been refused Australian visas, but could not be deported to their homelands and no third country would accept them.
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