High Court Justice Dani Gardiner disagreed, saying a jail term of two years and three months on a charge of injuring with intent to injure was not “manifestly excessive”. The Australian tribunal decided to uphold the decision to cancel his visa under “character grounds” in section 501 of Australia’s Migration Act. Khoshaba refugee from IraqKhoshaba was born in Iraq during the Gulf War and spent two years in a Jordanian refugee camp as a young child. “Rami was so happy there were people like us around,” his sister later told the Australian tribunal. The Crown, however, said the judge had fairly determined there was no causative link between Khoshaba’s refugee background and his offending.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 10, 2026 04:31 UTC