Palestinian woman, 61, who fled Gaza detained by authorities after pre-dawn raid in Sydney | Australian immigration and asylum

A Palestinian woman from Australia from Gaza was detained by immigrant officials after a pre -dawn raid in Sydney.

His cousin Muhammad Almasri told Guardian Australia to Australia, 61 -year -old Maha Almasri, on Thursday at 5.30 at his son’s home in Western Sydney, approximately 15 Australian border force woke up by the border force.

Mohammed Almasri, who was not at the scene and informed about the raid by his relatives, said that more officers were positioned outside the house.

Maha Almasri left Gaza in February 2024 and soon entered Australia’s tourist visa, Muhammad said. He has been living with his son since then.

On Thursday, Visa character control failed and taken to the Bankstown police station and then transferred to Villawood detention center.

In a document seen by Guardian Australia, Almasri’ye visa was canceled by the Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Cultural Affairs by the Deputy Minister of Citizenship, and the minister was said to be “suspected that the person did not pass the character test” and that he was in national interests ”.

According to the Migration Law, if a person is considered a direct or indirect risk for security by the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO), the character test does not exceed the character test.

A separate document by Guardian claimed that Almsri had been submitted to a bridge visa after applying for a protection visa in June last year.

Muhammad said that the grandmother had more than 100 Australian relatives throughout the country. Australian children were released from Rafah in March last year.

The authority said that before the visa was issued, both Australia and Israeli officials have made security checks and cleared to leave Gaza and that his age made him an unexpected threat to Australian national security.

He’s an old woman, what can she do? he said. “What is the reason? [to go back to in Gaza]. “

He said his cousin was unhealthy and scared.

“He was asleep [when the raid happened]. He couldn’t walk, he was very scared. “

He said he tried to talk to Maha in Villawood in the afternoon in the afternoon, but he couldn’t talk to tears.

Interior Minister Tony Burke said that the government will not comment on this cancellation ”.

“Any information in the public field is provided by the person and is not consistent with the information provided by our intelligence and security agencies,” he said.

“Our security checks never stop and this cancellation system is proof that the system is working.”

The spokesman of the Ministry of Interior said that he did not comment on individual cases due to privacy, but the government will continue to act decisively to protect the society from the risk of damage caused by individuals ”.

Refugee recommendation and case service representing Maha said, yok There is nothing to comment right now ”.

Human Rights Attorney Alison Battisson said that it was “very common” to awaken people in the early hours of the morning without warning and to a police station, then being detained.

He said that individuals can only be detained if they have reasonable expectations to remove individuals from Australia in a reasonable predictable future. Battisson questioned where a Palestinian from Gaza would return if he had to leave Australia.

“This is a Palestinian grandmother. I am very interested in understanding the decision -making process behind it,” he said.