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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Paul Karp

Labor condemned for ‘abhorrently cruel’ decision to put 100 people back in immigration detention

Labor Immigration Clare ONeil Karen Andrews Murray Watt Nick McKim Greens
Signage is seen along the perimeter fence of the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation complex
The government says it is re-detaining a group of 100 to prevent the release of people who had committed serious crimes. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

Human rights advocates and lawyers have blasted Labor for the “abhorrently cruel” decision to re-detain a group of 100 people released from immigration detention around Christmas.

The group was released due to the full federal court ruling that aggregate sentences do not trigger automatic visa cancellation but are set to be taken back into detention due to a retrospective bill imposing a stricter interpretation of the character test. An aggregate sentence refers to when a person is given one sentence for multiple offences, rather than multiple separate sentences.

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