CANBERRA, Australia – A lawyer says he will challenge in Australia's highest court a government plan to swap refugees with Malaysia on the grounds that the policy would separate a Kurdish refugee from his wife and 4-year-old son.
Lawyer David Manne said Friday that the father, whose name has not been made public, arrived in Australia more than a year ago and has been accepted as a refugee. But his wife and child have arrived since May 7, when the government announced that all new boat arrivals would be sent to Malaysia, Papua New Guinea or a third country.
Manne says he lodged a challenge to the policy on Thursday in the High Court on behalf of the woman and child after the Immigration Department rejected their application to be reunited with the refugee.
Fox News' "Antisemitism Exposed" newsletter brings you stories on the rising anti-Jewish prejudice across the U.S. and the world.