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Kat Wong and Farid Farid

'Don't want them in Australia': ex-detainee crack down

Former immigration detainees could still be subject to curfews and electronic monitoring bracelets. (Keana Naughton/AAP PHOTOS)

Former immigration detainees face being deported as the government presses ahead with efforts to restore the use of ankle bracelets.

Laws to circumvent a High Court ruling that it was unlawful to force former detainees to wear ankle bracelets and adhere to curfews have been rushed into parliament by Immigration Minister Tony Burke.

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