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Sri Lankan refugee detained by Australia for 11 years despite government ruling he’s owed protection
The man, who fled civil war violence and has never met his son, ‘extraordinarily distressed’ by treatment and fears being detained indefinitely
A refugee who fled a brutal civil war in his homeland and who Australia has agreed it must protect, has been held in immigration detention for more than 11…
- Ben Doherty
- The Guardian
Alex – a pseudonym (the Guardian has chosen not to reveal his name for safety reasons) – has no criminal convictions and faces no charges.
But he is one of the longest detained people in Australia’s immigration detention system.
He has not seen his family in more than a…