SYDNEY -- Around 100 asylum-seekers in Australia have been freed after the High Court ruled their detention to be unconstitutional last week, as activists celebrate the "momentous" decision that has thrown up questions for the government over those still in custody.
The ruling on Nov. 8 ends Australia's controversial practice of detaining asylum-seekers indefinitely, generally because there is no way to deport them. This regime was introduced by former Prime Minister John Howard's government over two decades ago.
