Australia introduces legislation to imprison migrants with criminal records

Migrants with criminal records in Australia will face up to five years in prison for breaching their visa conditions under emergency legislation introduced Thursday (Nov 16) in response to a High Court ruling that foreigners can’t be detained indefinitely. The government said it has released 84 foreigners - most of whom have convictions for crimes including murder and rape - since the court ruled last week that indefinite detention of migrants is unconstitutional.

The decision reversed a High Court ruling from 2004 that had allowed stateless people to be held in migrant centers for any length of time in cases where there were no prospects of deporting them from Australia. The legislation introduced in Parliament by Immigration Minister Andrew Giles would let the government order certain migrants to wear electronic tracking bracelets and to comply with curfews

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