Australian safe haven visa holder Amir denied re-entry and sent back to Europe in case reminiscent of incarcerated footballer Hakeem al-Araibi
Refugee advocates dread day is running out for a refugee to return to his Australian home after he was denied the right to board a flight from Indonesia to Australia because of his visa status.
In what advocates dread may be a repeat of the Hakeem al-Araibi example, which left the status of refugees wrongly detained in a Thai prison after a series of bureaucratic bungles over his visa status, Amir, a young Iranian refugee on an Australian safe haven visa, has been sent back to Turkey amid the coronavirus crisis.
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