if they can beat west ham in the late game. that s all the sport for now. just a reminder that it is the final of the masters snooker with barry hawkins taking on neil robertson at alexandra palace this afternoon. live coverage on bbc two right now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that s bbc.co.uk/sport let s get more now on novak djokovic s deportation from australia. the world number one was marched to a plane in the last couple of hours. judges rejected a challenge to the decision to cancel the tennis star s visa on the grounds that his refusal to be vaccinated against covid made him a threat to public health. djokovic said he was extremely disappointed but accepted the ruling. he boarded a flight bound for dubai from melbourne airport. maria jockel is the global and national immigration leader at the australian law firm bdo. she gave me her reaction to the result. it was a just and fair ruling, and unanimous by all three
that was provided by the victorian government. whatever the outcome. victorian government. whatever the outcome, maria, victorian government. whatever the outcome, maria, i victorian government. whatever the outcome, maria, ithink- the outcome, maria, i think people will have got that message, at least. don t assume, check, will be a good message to take away. we went to the outcome but in the meantime, maria jockel, thank you very much indeed. meantime, maria jockel, thank you very much indeed. pleasure, and thank you very much indeed. pleasure, and thank you you very much indeed. pleasure, and thank you for you very much indeed. pleasure, and thank you for allowing - you very much indeed. pleasure, and thank you for allowing me i and thank you for allowing me to speak. changing topic now. in the chaos at kabul airport last august as thousands of families tried to escape the taliban, a 6 week old baby boy became separated from his parents. they ended up in the us, knowing n
and anyway, to end this story, i believe that novak is not humiliated. humiliated are those people who organised this kind of witch hunt process and novak can proudly come back to his country. support from the very top levels of government in serbia, probably widely reflected across serbian society as a whole. president vucic told me they would have to work on improving relations between serbia and australia and this affair was notjust about novak djokovic but about truth and justice and he believed it would not have happened if novak djokovic had been from another country, not a small east european country like serbia, as he put it, if he had been from somewhere else, mr vukic thought the whole affair would not have happened at all. maria jockel is the global and national immigration leader at the australian law firm bdo and is following the case from melbourne. this is her reaction. it was a just and fair ruling,
by the authorities there. let s get more on that case, which is resuming in melbourne after a break for lunch. maria jockel is a lawyer with bdo in melbourne. she s an expert in migration cases. thank you very much indeed for joining us, maria. i mean, it feels like this should be straightforward enough and yet, it looks a bit of a mess. what do you make of it? i it looks a bit of a mess. what do you make of it? it looks a bit of a mess. what do you make of it? i think that civen do you make of it? i think that given what s do you make of it? i think that given what s happened - do you make of it? i think that| given what s happened globally with the pandemic, some 300 million cases worldwide and 500,000 in australia, we are dealing with unprecedented circumstances and we ve always known that australia s these are laws and entry requirements are laws and entry requirements are arguably the most complex in the world. i can take you through what the process is, because there appears t
decision to cancel his visa maria jockel is the global and national immigration leader at the australian law firm bdo. she s been following the case and shejoins us now from melbourne. welcome and thank you forjoining us. what is your reaction to the ruling? it us. what is your reaction to the rulin: ? . , . us. what is your reaction to the rulin.? ., , us. what is your reaction to the rulin: ? .,, ., , ., us. what is your reaction to the rulin ? .,, ., , ., ., ruling? it was a ust and fair rulin: , ruling? it was a ust and fair mung. and ruling? it was a just and fair ruling, and unanimous- ruling? it was a just and fair ruling, and unanimous by. ruling? it was a just and fair| ruling, and unanimous by all ruling? it was a just and fair- ruling, and unanimous by all three of the federal court of australia bench. so i do not think there is any basis upon which, unless of course you are an avid fan of mr novak djokovic, or more broadly, perhaps an anti baxter, perhaps have some othe