High Court of Australia Rules “Indefinite Detention Unlawful”: What Happens Next?

The High Court ruled last week that people whose asylum claims have been rejected cannot be detained indefinitely.

A general view of the High Court of Australia in Canberra, Monday, October 17, 2022. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) ; Inset: Immigration and Criminal LAwyer Kajalini Ranjithkumar Source: AAP / LUKAS COCH/AAPIMAGE

Kulasegaram Sanchayan analyses with Gajalini Ranjithkumar, an immigration and criminal lawyer based in Darwin.

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