A former immigration detainee has been arrested and charged after allegedly breaching the situations of his visa.
The Sudanese-born man, 37, was one in all greater than 140 individuals launched into the neighborhood in late 2023 after the Excessive Courtroom dominated indefinite detention was illegal.
He is accused of failing to adjust to a residential curfew on January 12.
The person was charged on Monday and was anticipated to seem in Melbourne Magistrates Courtroom the identical day.
He’s dealing with a most of 5 years behind bars and a $93,000 nice.
The landmark Excessive Courtroom ruling in early December overturned 20 years of authorized precedent to rule indefinite detention illegal when there was no prospect of resettlement.
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It sparked fierce political debate, led to the federal government to shortly introduce laws to observe the people and to ascertain a brand new preventative detention regime in a bid to return some to custody.
A number of different former detainees have been arrested for failing to satisfy visa situations.
