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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp

Egyptian challenging Australia’s indefinite detention warned he faces forced removal within month

Tony Sami with his youngest son
Tony Sami with his youngest son. The Egyptian man has been held in immigration detention since February 2013. Photograph: Tony Sami

An Egyptian man challenging the lawfulness of Australia’s indefinite detention system in the high court has been warned that Border Force is preparing to remove him from the country “unwillingly” within a month if he doesn’t agree to leave on a commercial flight.

Tony Sami, who has been detained for a decade after his visa was cancelled in 2012 and who is fighting to stay in Australia to be with his two children, had been preparing for a landmark case that could determine the freedom of hundreds of asylum seekers and detainees.

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