ABC is reporting this morning that DIMIA has deported an asylum seeker to the Middle East, only to fly him back to Australia three days later when new evidence about his case emerged.
The asylum seeker, who has been identified as Hassan to protect his safety, has spent the past five years in detention.
Over that time, his case for asylum was rejected by the Department of Immigration and a number of courts.
However, the UN Human Rights Committee had begun investigating Hassan's case and had requested that the Australian Government not deport him until its inquiries were finished.
The UN was alerted at the last minute in this case but the government has its weather vane working. Intense advocacy combined with public scrutiny is obviously the only way to stop these abuses.
The Greens Senator, Kerry Nettle, has accused the Department of defying a UN request not to deport him, and she's questioned the department's claim that it notified the UN before "Hassan" was deported
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