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| An Iraqi asylum seeker was forcibly removed from Australia just as Islamic militants began a brutal campaign which saw four cities in the north and west of the country fall and half a million people displaced. | An Iraqi asylum seeker was forcibly removed from Australia just as Islamic militants began a brutal campaign which saw four cities in the north and west of the country fall and half a million people displaced. |
| A removal notice, obtained by Greens immigration spokeswoman, senator Sarah Hanson-Young, and seen by Guardian Australia, shows an Iraqi was returned to Basra, in the south of the country, on 8 June, a day after militants from the radical Sunni group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (Isis) began advances in the country. | A removal notice, obtained by Greens immigration spokeswoman, senator Sarah Hanson-Young, and seen by Guardian Australia, shows an Iraqi was returned to Basra, in the south of the country, on 8 June, a day after militants from the radical Sunni group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (Isis) began advances in the country. |
| The removal notice shows the Iraqi asylum seeker was flown out of Australia on 7 June under escort. Hanson-Young’s office said the asylum seeker had been heard from in Iraq but his current whereabouts was unknown. | The removal notice shows the Iraqi asylum seeker was flown out of Australia on 7 June under escort. Hanson-Young’s office said the asylum seeker had been heard from in Iraq but his current whereabouts was unknown. |
| The Australian immigration minister, Scott Morrison, has refused to halt deportations to Iraq since the outbreak of violence despite describing the situation in the country as “very concerning”. | The Australian immigration minister, Scott Morrison, has refused to halt deportations to Iraq since the outbreak of violence despite describing the situation in the country as “very concerning”. |
| On Wednesday Morrison said that repatriated Iraqi asylum seekers had returned voluntarily. | On Wednesday Morrison said that repatriated Iraqi asylum seekers had returned voluntarily. |
| “We will continue to judge every single case on the merits and on the information available to us,” he told ABC Radio. “ … They themselves are the ones who say they wish to return to their own country and I think it would be a strange situation to detain them when they want to go home.” | “We will continue to judge every single case on the merits and on the information available to us,” he told ABC Radio. “ … They themselves are the ones who say they wish to return to their own country and I think it would be a strange situation to detain them when they want to go home.” |
| The Australian Greens are calling for a moratorium on all returns to Iraq. | The Australian Greens are calling for a moratorium on all returns to Iraq. |
| • This article was amended on Friday June 20 2014. The original referred to Isis as a Shia group. This has been corrected. | • This article was amended on Friday June 20 2014. The original referred to Isis as a Shia group. This has been corrected. |