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flag Over 40 asylum seekers in Australia, many with criminal records, will lose ankle monitors and curfews after a High Court ruling declared the restrictions unconstitutional, as the government shifts focus to deporting them to Nauru under a secret agreement.

flag More than 40 asylum seekers in Australia, many with criminal records, will have their ankle monitors removed and curfews lifted after the High Court ruled the restrictions unconstitutional. flag The decision, stemming from a challenge by a Papua New Guinea-born man known as EGH19, follows earlier rulings that indefinite detention is unlawful when removal is not feasible. flag The government, facing repeated legal setbacks, will now focus on deporting the group to Nauru under a secret agreement, with 27 having received visas and six already relocated. flag Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said electronic monitoring was never the government’s primary objective, emphasizing deportation as the central strategy.

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