Landmark case says Aboriginal Australians cannot be deported
Aboriginal Australians are exempt from immigration law, the country's top court ruled today, in a historic decision that found indigenous people born overseas cannot be deported. – EPA pic, February 11, 2020.
ABORIGINAL Australians are exempt from immigration law, the country’s top court ruled today, in a historic decision that found indigenous people born overseas cannot be deported. Australia had been trying to deport two men – Papua New Guinea citizen Daniel Love and New Zealand citizen Brendan Thoms – under laws that allow a convicted criminal’s visa to be cancelled on character grounds.
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