Medevac detainees freed from Melbourne hotel after years in immigration detention

At least 45 refugees and asylum seekers have been freed from immigration detention in Melbourne, where some have spent more than a year detained in inner-city hotels, advocacy groups say.

The men were allowed to leave the Park Hotel and the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA) on Wednesday, according to Ian Rintoul from Refugee Action Coalition.

Legal representatives for some of the men who were still detained said they had been told they would be freed tomorrow.

“We’ve…