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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

Australian Parliament rushes through laws that could see detention of freed dangerous migrants

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The Australian government Wednesday rushed legislation through Parliament that could place behind bars some migrants who were freed after the High Court ruled their indefinite detention was unconstitutional.

The House of Representatives voted 68 to 59 on Wednesday night to create so-called community safety orders. The vote came a day after the Senate passed the same legislation.

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