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Farid Farid

Watchdog criticises Home Affairs, ABF deportation moves

More than 2000 detained persons were removed from Australia between July 2021 and June 2023. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

Prolonging the deportation of people held in immigration detention by Home Affairs and Australian Border Force for several years breaches their personal liberties, an independent federal watchdog has found.

A Commonwealth Ombudsman's report found that 28 documents across both bodies detailing deportation processes were "fragmented and difficult to navigate", with a clear lack of time-frames for detainees.

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