After months detained in hotel rooms at the Mantra, and later at the Park Hotel in Carlton, most of the refugees were released into the community, where it costs $4429 a year to live on a bridging visa.
After months detained in hotel rooms at the Mantra, and later at the Park Hotel in Carlton, most of the refugees were released into the community, where it costs $4429 a year to live on a bridging visa.
The Federal Court is deciding whether the Commonwealth acted unlawfully by using two Melbourne hotels to detain refugees, asylum seekers, visa overstayers - and tennis great Novak Djokovic.
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