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Medevac refugees detained in Darwin hotel for 12 months, despite requesting return to Nauru – ABC News

The lawyers of a group of 15 refugees who have been held in a Darwin hotel for almost 12 months are calling their detention “illegal” and “political imprisonment”….

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A group of 15 refugees have been detained in a Darwin hotel for almost 12 months, with their lawyers calling their detention “illegal” and “political imprisonment”.
Key points:

  • Some of the refugees held in Darwin have not received the medical treatment they were brought over for
  • Lawyers for the group say the detention they are in is “demeaning”
  • The federal member for Solomon has asked for the group to be returned to Nauru

Abbas Maghames, 33, is among the group who arrived in Darwin from Nauru for…

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