Last updated: 11 november, 2010 - 19:59 GMT
Australian High Court backs migrants' right of appeal
The ruling could force the government to review its policy of offshore processing for asylum seekers
The Australian High Court has backed a claim by two migrants for the right of appeal in a case that may change Australia's refugee policy.
The judges ruled that laws that barred two men from Sri Lanka from appealing after their asylum request was denied were unfair.
So far, only migrants arriving in Australia by plane have the right of appeal; those arriving by boat are detained at remote off-shore immigration facilities and have no right of appeal.
One of the Sri Lankans was represented by David Manne, from the Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre in Melbourne.
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First broadcast 11 November 2010
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