there’s been more news about the american who was being detained. he’s back in LA now. read about it
here. a few choice bits…
Mr Parkin’s bill for almost $11,700 includes $4,235 for his airfare back to Los Angeles and $6,675 for the return airfares of his two corrective services escorts as well as their accommodation in Los Angeles.
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Mr Parkin told reporters in Los Angeles today that his five-day stay at the Melbourne Custody Centre would cost him another $777.
and he can’t come back to AU for 3 years.
Parkin said authorities never made it clear why he had been arrested.
“They were very vague,” he said.
“They said I violated sections of the migration act and they said I was a direct or indirect risk to their national security.”
Parkin was housed alone in a jail cell that contained two concrete slabs to sleep on, a TV set and a sink.
“They gave me three couch cushions and three really crummy blankets and fed me three times a day,” he said.
He plans to fight his removal from Australia and is desperate to find out why authorities were concerned about him.
“I’d love to know the assessment in which the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) made of me to lock me up for five days in solitary confinement and then remove me from the country essentially forcibly,” Parkin said.
Parkin said he was not “deported” from Australia, but the correct legal term was he was “removed”.
of course he is appealing the ‘removal’ decision.