Australia Passes Laws to Detain Freed Migrants Posing Risk of Serious Offences

Five individuals released following a high court ruling have been arrested, prompting the government to enact new preventive detention laws.

Australia has passed new laws allowing former immigration detainees to be locked up again if they pose any risk of committing serious offences after they were released in a landmark ruling by the country's top court.
Under the new laws, a court can order the detention of the most serious offenders where they pose the risk of committing serious violent or sexual offences.
Since the court's ruling on Nov. 8, five people who were freed have been charged with fresh offences.
The Labor government had to rush through the new laws on preventive detention following concerns about releasing violent offenders into the community.
The new law also allows authorities to enforce targeted restrictions like curfews, electronic monitoring devices and strict visa conditions.