The High Court has found the imposition of curfew and monitoring measures on more than 120 people released from indefinite immigration were unconstitutional and 'cannot be justified'.
The Opposition has criticised the government's "embarrassing defeat" after the High Court ruled that former indefinite immigration detainees with criminal charges will not be forced to wear electronic monitoring ankle bracelets or follow curfews. The measures stemmed from a High Court decision in November last year that ruled indefinite immigration detention was illegal. The ruling caused the abrupt release of 150 immigration detainees.
The High Court bid was launched by a stateless Eritrean man, who was released from immigration detention under the previous court ruling in November 2023, and was charged with six offences for failing to comply with curfew and monitoring. The man's lawyer said the government must "act immediately to abide" by the High Court's ruling and remove the measures from those subject to them.
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