Australia frees refugees from Djokovic detention hotel
April 7, 2022Australia frees refugees from Djokovic detention hotel: activists - Digital Journal
The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre estimated that after Thursday’s releases, some 10 people remained in detention around Australia.
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Draconian measures are followed by "sweet concessions" to win back people's trust, but there will be a time when enough is enough!Australia on Thursday released the last refugees held in a former hotel where tennis superstar Novak Djokovic was spectacularly detained earlier this year, activists said.
The eight men held in the Melbourne facility were originally in a group of refugees and asylum seekers transferred to Australia from offshore facilities to receive medical care. They were then detained for several years.
Djokovic’s detention in January for entering the country without a Covid-19 vaccination for the Australian Open drew global attention to the fate of the refugees and asylum seekers held alongside him in rooms at the Park Hotel.
“Three months since the world’s media watched Novak Djokovic come and go from the Park Hotel, the refugees who were detained alongside him are finally free,” Graham Thom of Amnesty Australia said.
“Sadly these men were unnecessarily detained for more than two years in hotels in Australia, following the years of trauma they suffered offshore.”
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