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Medevaced from Nauru to Brisbane Hotel Detention: An Interview With Refugee Nur Mohammed

Sydney Criminal Lawyers 11 Jan 2023

Right now, Home Affairs has five long-term offshore detainees confined in their rooms at Brisbane’s Meriton Hotel, following having transferred them to Australia to undergo medical treatment that isn’t available on the island of Nauru, where they’ve been held for almost a decade.

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Refugees medically evacuated from Nauru spend weeks in Brisbane hotel awaiting treatment

The Guardian 10 Jan 2023

... detention on Nauru before Christmas say they have spent weeks isolated in a Brisbane hotel while waiting for medical treatment.

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Refugee Advocates Sick of Albanese Dragging Feet on Human Rights Reforms

Sydney Criminal Lawyers 10 Jan 2023

Again detained in hotels ... That was until the Albanese government picked the practice back up on 23 December, with at least half a dozen long-term offshore detainees from Nauru having been flown to Australia for healthcare reasons, with five of them now currently confined to rooms in Brisbane’s Meriton Hotel.

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The Government Is Again Detaining Offshore Refugee Medical Transferees In Hotels

Sydney Criminal Lawyers 06 Jan 2023

... and promptly dumped in local hotels ... Three long-term offshore detainees from Nauru arrived in Australia on 23 December, one of them has been released into the community, however two remain locked up in Brisbane’s Meriton Hotel ... The hotel gym is not accessed.” Falling on deaf ears.

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Refugees freed on six-month Australian visas live ‘life in limbo’

Al Jazeera 26 May 2022

Melbourne, Australia – After years of being held captive – first on remote immigration detention centres on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island and the Pacific island nation of Nauru, and then in suburban hotels in Melbourne – dozens of refugees who had tried to get to Australia by boat have finally been freed.

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The all-powerful ‘Minister’ and Australian immigration detention

Al Jazeera 16 Feb 2022

Inside Hossein Latifi’s room at the Park Hotel ... Another refugee, Jamal, who set himself on fire on Nauru after five years of hopelessness on the island, told Al Jazeera that the refugees from Park Hotel recently started being taken to another detention centre to use the gym.

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Australia: End Indefinite, Arbitrary Immigration Detention

Human Rights Watch 15 Feb 2022

Those detained include more than 70 refugees and asylum seekers who were transferred to Australia from Nauru or Papua New Guinea for medical treatment. Many of them have spent long periods detained in hotel rooms in Australia with heavily restricted freedom of movement, and limited access to sunlight, space to exercise, and fresh air.

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A letter to … Australia’s immigration minister from a refugee

Al Jazeera 13 Feb 2022

When my friend Omid self-immolated – he died two days later after it took more than a day for him to be medically evacuated to Australia for specialist treatment, my cousin, who was also on Nauru, and I went to peacefully protest in front of the Menen Hotel where Connect ...

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Refugees and asylum seekers in Australia given indefinite detention

Press TV 08 Feb 2022

Australia wants all the power but none of the responsibility, forcibly transferring refugees to nearby Papa New Guinea or the island nation of Nauru, keeping them in horrific conditions ... They were transferred to the Park Hotel from other offshore detention centers in places like Nauru and Papua New Guinea for medical treatment.

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Djokovic's deportation exposes Australian border debate

North Shore News 18 Jan 2022

Those in hotel detention with Djokovic came to Australia from camps in Nauru and Papua New Guinea for medical treatment and then gained a court injunction preventing them from being sent back. Some have been detained in hotels for more than two years, Rintoul, the refugee advocate, said.

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Tennis star's deportation exposes Australian border debate

Times Free Press 18 Jan 2022

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PM accused of ‘outright lie’ after claiming detainees in Melbourne hotel are not refugees

The Observer 17 Jan 2022

Australia’s harsh border policies have been thrust into the spotlight since the detention of tennis star Novak Djokovic at the notorious Park hotel in Melbourne, where dozens of asylum seekers and refugees are detained indefinitely. Guardian Australia understands that there are 25 refugees and seven asylum seekers currently held in the Park hotel.

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Tennis star’s deportation exposes Australian border debate

The Associated Press 17 Jan 2022

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Djokovic Is Obnoxious, But His Story Highlights Cruelty of Australian Detention

truthout 15 Jan 2022

Once in Australia, they were housed in overcrowded and under-resourced privately run “hotels” for years at a stretch ... Meanwhile, thousands of would-be refugees and asylum seekers continue to be held in appalling conditions in Nauru, in Papua New Guinea and in Australia itself in hotels such as the Park.

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Beyond the Park Hotel: Australia’s immigration detention network

Al Jazeera 13 Jan 2022

Australia’s notorious Park Hotel made headlines last week after tennis star Novak Djokovic was sent there when his visa was revoked. The incident shone a light on the plight of more than 30 refugees held there, some of them for years, but the country’s immigration detention system extends far beyond any one hotel.