Photo: Getty ImagesAustralia's highest court has ruled two Indigenous men cannot be deported even though they were born overseas and never applied for citizenship, in a landmark ruling for the country's first inhabitants. The move has seen scores of people deported from Australia, sometimes to countries they had left when just children. Daniel Love and Brendan Thoms were born overseas with at least one of their parents an Indigenous Australian citizen. Australia's conservative government had sought to treat the men as foreigners and deport them to Papua New Guinea and New Zealand. But in a 4-3 ruling, Australia's High Court said on Tuesday the men must be treated like citizens and can therefore remain.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 11, 2020 03:33 UTC