Australia to release asylum seekers in indefinite detention after ruling

Australia has released a stateless Rohingya man held in immigration detention for years, the government said on Friday, following a landmark court ruling that paves the way to end the indefinite detention of asylum seekers.
The High Court ruled on Wednesday that the man from Myanmar identified as NZYQ, who has been in detention after serving time in jail for child sexual offences, has been unlawfully detained as there was no real prospect that he could be removed from Australia in the foreseeable future.
The verdict overturns an Australian court ruling from about 20 years ago that said indefinite immigration detention was lawful as long as the government had the intention of removing the person from Australia eventually.
Australian Immigration minister Andrew Giles said in a statement on Friday that NZYQ has been released.
He also said other stateless detainees would also be released.