Refugees need protection from coronavirus too, and must be released
- Written by Claire Loughnan, Lecturer, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne
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Pressure is growing to release people from immigration detention, with lawyers from Australia’s Human Rights Law Centre mounting a court case on behalf of a refugee seeking protection from COVID-19. They argue the federal government has a duty of care to refugees, which cannot be met in immigration detention due to the crowded...
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