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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Doherty

Asylum seeker slated for deportation to Nauru has removal postponed due to legal challenge

Minister for home affairs Tony Burke
Minister for home affairs Tony Burke says the government was prepared for the legal challenge. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

An asylum seeker slated for deportation to Nauru on Monday has had his removal postponed, after he launched a legal challenge in the high court.

But the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, told Guardian Australia he was confident in the government’s power to deport the man and “we will proceed with removal to Nauru as soon as possible”.

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