Court case may change Afghan asylum seekers' future

A legal challenge, now underway in the High Court, could determine the fate of asylum seekers who are listed for forced returns back to Afghanistan, Richard Davis reports.

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Published 8 February 2012 7:06pm

Updated 26 August 2013 9:20am

Source: SBS

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A legal challenge, now underway in the High Court, could determine the fate of asylum seekers who are listed for forced returns under a controversial repatriation deal which allows Australian authorities to send failed Afghan asylum seekers directly back to the war-torn country.

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