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political reporter Nabil Al Nashar

Sudanese refugees in immigration detention facing few prospects of being released

Brothers Juma and Zackaria Chol in a South Australian prison in early 2014. (Supplied)

Sudanese-born men and women are estimated to make up about 10 per cent of people held in Australia's immigration detention facilities, and for most of them, there's little hope of leaving the gated compounds.

When someone ends up in immigration detention, it's usually because they no longer have a valid visa to allow them entry to Australia.

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