Published: October 17, 2021
Prolonged detention in Australia was contributing to poor mental health and it was clear man preferred liberty in Nauru, judge said
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A judge has ordered that a mute asylum seeker who has been detained in Australia for eight years be moved to Nauru or released from detention and allowed to live in a house in Perth pending the transfer.
If the man – known as AZC20 in court documents – is ultimately transferred to Nauru he would be the first person sent offshore by Australia in more than seven years.
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