Tennis star should leave the country: Australia canceled Djokovic’s visa again


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Tennis star should leave the country

Australia cancels Djokovic’s visa again

There is another decision in the dispute over Novak Djokovic’s stay in Australia. Immigration Secretary Alex Hawke cancels tennis star’s visa With that, the Serb has to leave the country. However, he can appeal the decision in court.

Australian Immigration Secretary Alex Hawke has used his personal right to revoke the visa for unvaccinated tennis pro Novak Djokovic. The Serb would then have to leave the country and could not take part in the Australian Open. This was well justified and “in the public interest,” said the minister. Djokovic can be returned to immigration detention within hours of this decision.

“Today I have exercised my authority under Section 133C(3) of the Migration Act to revoke Mr Novak Djokovic’s visa on grounds of health and good order, as this is in the public interest,” Hawke said in a statement. “In making this decision I have carefully considered the information provided to me by the Home Office, the Australian Border Force and Mr Djokovic. The Morrison Government (Scott Morrison, Australian Prime Minister, ed.) is fully committed to protecting Australia’s borders, particularly in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic.”

However, Djokovic’s lawyers are apparently already preparing to apply for an immediate injunction against this decision, reports “The Age”. If the Djokovic side is unsuccessful, the 34-year-old will be expelled from the country immediately. If the visa is withdrawn, according to the law, no further visa may be issued for three years. However, this rule can be overridden. Unvaccinated against the coronavirus, Djokovic is a controversial figure in the country that has imposed tough rules since the pandemic began.

According to The Age, the legal team hopes the matter will go to court over the weekend and be finalized by Sunday. In the event of success, Djokovic could play his first match at the Australian Open. The case would then go back to federal judge Anthony Kelly, who overturned the visa annulment the first time. However, he could forward the case to the Federal Court of Justice. According to the newspaper, sources confirmed that a local judge is already standing by should that happen.

Meanwhile normal training

The authorities had already refused Djokovic entry upon arrival last week and classified the documents presented for his TUE as insufficient. However, because he was not given enough time to react, a judge overturned the entry ban during a court hearing on Monday. Djokovic has been training normally since then and preparing for the Australian Open. There he is the defending champion, on Thursday the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic was drawn as his opponent for the first round.

The Australian government had announced that it was considering further steps to revoke Djokovic’s visa. The case also became a severe stress test for the country’s politics, after Australia spent many months in tough lockdowns and many citizens of the country were not allowed to enter their home country for a long time because of the strict rules.

Djokovic denied intentional errors

On Wednesday, Djokovic denied intentional misrepresentation and endangering other people, but acknowledged mistakes in dealing with his positive test result. He primarily defended himself against two allegations via Instagram: he neither intentionally gave false information about his travel behavior in the 14 days before the flight to the host country of the Australian Open, nor did he, knowing that he had positive corona tests, attended an event with children in December and moves there without a mask.

Djokovic described the “misinformation” that needed to be corrected as “hurting and upsetting to my family”. However, he admitted that he already knew about his positive test result in an interview with the French sports newspaper “L’Equipe” on December 18 and still did not cancel the appointment. “Although I went home after the interview and went into isolation for the prescribed period, on reflection that was a miscalculation and I recognize that I should have postponed that commitment,” he wrote.

Djokovic described the fact that his entry form incorrectly stated that he had not traveled in the 14 days before his flight to Australia as a “human error” by his agent, “which was certainly not intentional”.

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