Legal cloud on asylum transfer

By Michael Gordon, Jacob Saulwick
Updated July 8 2014 - 8:12am, first published 7:30am
"The (immigration) minister cannot simply intercept their vessel in the middle of the night and 'disappear' them". Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
"The (immigration) minister cannot simply intercept their vessel in the middle of the night and 'disappear' them". Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

The High Court has issued an interim injunction preventing the transfer to Sri Lanka of 153 asylum seekers who are missing on a boat bound for Australia.

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