Article: Fed: Wrongfully detained man granted Aust residency


AAP General News (Australia)
12-19-2007
Fed: Wrongfully detained man granted Aust residency

A Vietnamese man .. who was stabbed and beaten after being wrongfully placed in immigration
detention .. has been granted permanent residency in Australia.

TONY TRAN .. also known as BINH VAN TRAN .. became one of the many victims of immigration
department bungling over the past few years.

The 35-year-old was wrongly placed in detention in December 1999 .. after the department
mistakenly told him he had no right to be living in Australia.

In fact .. it was considering his application for permanent residency at the time and
had issued Mr TRAN with a bridging visa.

During the five years he ...

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