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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Sarah Basford Canales and Paul Karp

Watchdog lambasts Australian Border Force and home affairs deportation procedures

Michael Outram and Clare O’Neil hold a press conference.
Commissioner of the Australian Border Force, Michael Outram and Australian home affairs minister Clare O’Neil at a press conference in November. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

The Australian government has failed to set up an appropriate process to deport people held in immigration detention, a scathing report by the independent watchdog has found.

The commonwealth ombudsman found the Australian Border Force and home affairs department’s processes do not contain “timeframes for steps” towards deportation “or otherwise adequately reflect the significant impact of any delay upon a person’s liberty”.

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