Djokovic could be barred from re-entering Australia for three years.
On the evening of January 14, local time, according to Australia's "Century Newspaper", Australian Immigration Minister Alex Hawke has used his personal power to cancel Djokovic's visa, and Djokovic's legal team immediately applied for an injunction against his deportation and decided to appeal again.
On January 10, a hearing on Djokovic's Visa on Arrival case was held, and the judge declared Australia's visa revocation order against Djokovic invalid, citing improper procedures. However, under australian immigration law, the Minister of Immigration still has the power to unilaterally exercise the power to revoke Djokovic's visa again.
After several days of deliberation, Immigration Minister Hawke finally decided to exercise his personal higher authority to cancel Djokovic's visa again, meaning the Serb could be barred from re-entering Australia for three years and would be immediately deported if he did not challenge the decision or the challenge was unsuccessful.
In a statement, Hawke said: "Today, I exercised my authority under section 133C(3) of the Immigration Act to cancel the visa held by Mr. Novak Djokovic on the grounds of health and good order, on the grounds that it was in the public interest to do so. ”
"In making this decision, I carefully considered the information provided to me by the Home Office, the Australian Border Force and Mr Djokovic. The Morrison administration is strongly committed to protecting Australia's borders, particularly during the outbreak. ”
Djokovic's team of lawyers has said they intend to impose a ban on the minister's decision to allow Djokovic to continue to compete in the Australian Open.
Djokovic Australia visa is revoked again, continue to appeal or choose to leave?
In order to wait for the unfavorable news that Prime Minister Morrison may announce at the press conference, the Australian Open postponed the release of the signing form by an hour, and finally everyone was in a false alarm, Morrison did not announce any news about Djokovic at the press conference, and then the defending champion and the world's first appeared in the men's singles signing table, but Morrison still let a little noise: whether to cancel the Djokovic visa will be decided by immigration minister Hawke.
Then, after a long time of rumors, just when everyone thought everything had settled, at the last moment before the end of work on Friday, Australian local time, the Immigration Minister released a shock bomb: the second cancellation of Djokovic's visa, on the grounds that he believed that the applicant "may" pose a threat to "the health, safety or good order of Australian society" and that it was in the public interest to do so.
At this moment, it has been four days since the court revoked the Australian government's decision to cancel the Djokovic visa, and a poll of the local people in Australia shows that more than 80% of the people who support the deportation of the Djokovic, in the face of such a surging public opinion, Minister Hawke may have made a decision long ago, the reason why it was announced at the last minute before the end of Friday's work, obviously to give Deyo and even the Australian Open a surprise, because the next weekend is imminent, next Monday the Australian Open will start, The maneuvering time for Djokovic and the Australian Open is running out.
After Hawke announced the decision, Prime Minister Morrison also made a statement, but he did not make any personal comments about Djokovic, but explained why Hawke did so: "This epidemic is extremely difficult for every Australian, but we are united and save lives and lives. We have become one of the lowest mortality rates, the strongest economies and the highest vaccination rates in the world, and the australian people have made many sacrifices in the midst of the pandemic, and they expect the fruits of those sacrifices to be protected. ”
From Morrison's words, it is not difficult to see that the reason why he insisted on revoking the visa of de Jordan was to reassure people during the epidemic and endorse his own vaccine policy. However, in Hawke's statement, it only said that the visa was cancelled for Djokovic for the second time, and did not explain in detail what kind of action would be taken again against Djokovic, whether to deport immediately or to be placed in the immigration hotel again. As of now, Deyo's name is still in the Australian Open's signature form, according to Australian media reports, he will go to the immigration department on Saturday January 15 for questioning.
According to foreign media reports, Deyo's lawyers may choose to challenge this result, they may apply to the court for an injunction, once the court accepts this application, the injunction is effective, Deyo does not have to leave Australia immediately, but because the Australian Open will start next Monday, Deyo's lawyers hope to complete the court process before Sunday. In addition, since Minister Hawke used his power to cancel the visa, if Djokovic fails in the court challenge, he is likely not to be able to enter Australia for the next three years, except in exceptional circumstances.
There are also professionals who analyze that if the court makes the injunction take effect in the next two days, the Australian government may need more materials to challenge this result, plus the court needs to schedule, which may take a lot of time, not excluding that the Australian Open has been played, but this possibility can be said to be minimal, Deyo can not participate in this Australian Open is already a high probability event, the next suspense may only be left in which way he will leave. But no matter what the result is, things have developed to the point where both the Australian government and the Djokovic side seem to have to "go to court" with a hard scalp.
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