The High Court is hearing another high-stakes immigration case. Can people be forced to assist in their own deportation?
- Written by: Sara Dehm, Senior lecturer, international migration and refugee law, University of Technology Sydney
Starting today, the High Court will hear a case to decide if the government’s indefinite detention of a bisexual Iranian man is lawful, partly because he is unwilling to voluntarily assist with the government’s attempts to deport him.
While the case turns on a narrow question of Australian constitutional law, it also raises urgent...
