SPKB v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCA 546
The applicant's continued detention is not unlawful because there remains a realistic prospect that he will be removed from Australia to Syria within the reasonably foreseeable future. The court is not obliged to reassess possible changes in the safety of the third country after the Tribunal's determination.
- Parties
- Applicant: SPKB; Respondent: Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs
- Jurisdiction
- Australia
- Judgment Date
- 05 June 2003
- Procedural Posture
- Application for Habeas Corpus / Final Judgment
- Outcome
- Application dismissed
- Legal Topics
- Immigration Detention, Protection Visa, Removal of Unlawful Non Citizen, Refoulement, Judicial Review
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Parties
SPKB
Applicant
Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Application for Habeas Corpus / Final Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the applicant's continued detention is lawful given his claimed inability to be removed from Australia within the reasonably foreseeable future
- 2 Whether the Minister is obliged to consider changes in circumstances relating to possible refoulement upon removal to a safe third country
Ratio Decidendi
The applicant's continued detention is not unlawful because there remains a realistic prospect that he will be removed from Australia to Syria within the reasonably foreseeable future. The court is not obliged to reassess possible changes in the safety of the third country after the Tribunal's determination.
Court Disposition
Application dismissed
Orders
- The application is dismissed.
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