Embattled Immigration Minister Andrew Giles faces fresh controversy after issuing an order that saw a man released from detention only to allegedly commit murder weeks later.
Emmanuel Saki, 29, who arrived from Sudan with his family of 12 years, was charged with murder following the stabbing death of Bosco Minyurano, 22, on May 12.
Just weeks earlier, Saki was released from her immigration detention center following a successful appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
Following orders from Giles issued in January 2023, AAT vice-president Stephen Boyle reversed a 2019 decision that stripped Saki of his visa.
Mr Giles’ direction forces decision-makers to take into account whether a non-citizen who commits a crime has spent their formative years in Australia.
Embattled Immigration Minister Andrew Giles faces fresh controversy after issuing an order which saw a man released from detention only to allegedly commit murder weeks later.
Bosco Minyurano (pictured) was allegedly stabbed to death in a Brisbane park earlier this month.
In this case, because Saki arrived in Australia as a child, the court found that he had “considerable” links to Australia which were sufficient to reverse the cancellation of his visa.
“The Minister accepted… that considerable weight should be given to the fact that the applicant has been ordinarily resident in Australia during and since his formative years and accepted that this primary consideration weighs in favor of the applicant,” Mr Boyle wrote. , according to The Australian.
“I agree that that is the case.”
Police will allege in court that Saki stabbed Mr Minyurano in a park on Mortimer Rd in Acacia Ridge, in Brisbane’s south, shortly after midnight on Mother’s Day.
Apparently, the couple knew each other.
His visa was initially canceled after he failed a character test, prompted by several violent attacks that resulted in jail time in 2017 and 2018.
Emmanuel Saki was released from Yongah Hill immigration detention center in Washington (pictured) in April, but weeks later he was charged with murder.
Emmanuel Saki has been charged with murder over the alleged Acacia Ridge stabbing (scene pictured)
He had been convicted of choking a person unconscious, assault (sometimes actual physical injury) and assault.
Mr Giles is openly sympathetic to the plight of refugees, having acted as a lawyer representing 433 asylum seekers attempting to reach Australian territory aboard the Norwegian freighter MV Tampa in 2001.
And the Coalition has repeatedly singled him out as the weakest link in the Albanian ministry for his handling of the disastrous High Court decision to release 149 asylum seekers detained in the community.
But he has had several small victories lately that have taken the pressure off, namely the victory in the ASF17 High Court earlier this month.
The High Court has ruled against a bisexual Iranian man who refuses to be deported from Australia, in a landmark ruling that could have freed almost 200 more detainees.
Mr Giles celebrated the victory and quickly issued a statement saying: ‘The Government fought steadfastly to defend our position before the High Court in ASF17 v Commonwealth of Australia.
‘We welcome the Court’s unanimous decision today, which has determined that people who do not cooperate with their own removal can remain in immigration detention until they are removed from Australia.
“Community safety remains our top priority and we will continue to take all necessary measures to keep Australians as safe as possible.”