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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.
Key points:
- Dozens of Medevac detainees have been freed from immigration detention in Melbourne
- More have been told they’ll be freed tomorrow, according to advocates and lawyers
- A Home Affairs spokesperson says Australia’s immigration policy remains unchanged
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.
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