Asylum seekers launch High Court challenge to legality of offshore detention system
Ten asylum seekers have launched a High Court challenge to the legality of the Federal Government’s offshore detention system.
The asylum seekers come from a variety of countries and are being held offshore but are currently receiving medical treatment in Australia.
The challenge, being run by Melbourne’s Human Rights Law Centre on the asylum seekers’ behalf, will test whether Australian law allows the Government to hold asylum seekers on Nauru and Papua New Guinea.
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