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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

Operation Zufolo: Australia deployed a ‘charade’ to sustain indefinite immigration detention – it failed

NZYQ United States Australia Immigration Andrew Giles Sanmati Verma ABF Clare ONeil Debra Mortimer Stephen Donaghue
Australia’s immigration minister Andrew Giles and home affairs minister Clare O’Neil at a press conference in Canberra
Labor ministers Andrew Giles and Clare O’Neil. A taskforce to explore third country options to resettle detainees was succeeded by border force’s Operation Zufolo. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

In July 2022 Australia’s immigration minister, Andrew Giles, was warned of legal “risks” associated with immigration detention and the need to show “concrete and robust steps” to deport non-citizens stuck in limbo.

A taskforce had been set up within the home affairs department to explore third country options to resettle long-term detainees in immigration detention. Its existence was never publicised and references to it were redacted from documents released under freedom of information.

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