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Support for refugees in Mantra Hotel
Nillumbik Shire Council has committed its support to a group of refugees and asylum seekers who have been detained in a hotel in Melbourne’s north for more than a year.
At its meeting last week, Council passed an Urgent Motion affirming its support for the approximately 60 men being held at the Mantra Hotel in Preston.
The men were informed by Commonwealth authorities this week that they would be moved to another location. No further detail on where they would be moved, or under what conditions, has been provided to date.
The men had originally been moved to the hotel from Manus Island under the Commonwealth’s now-defunct Medical Evacuation (Medevac) legislation.
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