Australia's High Court has ruled that the nation's offshore detention
regime at Nauru and Manus Island in Paua-New Guinea is lawful, dashing
the hopes of asylum seekers that detention centres would be closed and
they would be settled in Australia.
The full bench of the High Court on Wednesday ruled that the federal
government has the power under the constitution to detain people in
other countries, finding that the conduct was within the law.
Refugee advocate David Webb says the law didn't exist until the action
was brought against the government, and he says it may be legal, but
it's immoral.
IN: "Now, today's decision..."
OUT: "... the morality is another."
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