Maker Mayek:” If your visa is cancelled using s501 strict character test of the Migration Act 1958, ask for legal advice."

(Audio in Dinka) Since 2014, the Federal Government's or Department of Home affairs have cancelled visas of those who have called Australia home for decades or less. Those whose visas were revoked either served their prison term or convicted of serious crimes. The ruling on the Christmas Eve by Justice Rares of the Federal Court of Australia says s501 of Migration Act 1958 'does not apply to refugees'. The verdict if not appealed by the department would open the window of hope for South Sudanese who are in detention centres in Australia. Maker Mayek Riak is a lawyer and owner for Mayek Legal, we asked him about what this will mean to many South Sudanese whose visas were cancelled?