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Some more on the refugees who have been released. AAP reports 20 refugees were released from detention on Friday night, including ten from Melbourne’s Park Hotel:
It comes three weeks after 13 refugees were released from detention centres in Melbourne and Brisbane.
At the time, advocates said nine men were released from the Park Hotel, along with one other in Broadmeadows and three men in Brisbane.
Read the original article at The Guardian