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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Zoe Osborne

The all-powerful ‘Minister’ and Australian immigration detention

Jamal looks out of the window from his room in the Park Hotel. Like many other men, he has been detained for years and has no idea when he might be freed [Supplied by Jamal]

Sydney, Australia – Novak Djokovic’s brief stint in Australia’s most notorious detention hotel put the country’s immigration system under the global spotlight.

The tennis player was detained in January and freed shortly afterwards when he challenged the decision in court. But just as Djokovic thought he would have the chance to defend his Australian Open title, the immigration minister intervened and the world’s top men’s player found himself deported back to Serbia.

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