Robert Jovicic has become the focal point of the Immigration Minister's power to deport non-citizens on character grounds since he began sleeping on the street outside the Australian embassy in Belgrade in November.
He has just been returned on compassionate grounds but his citizenship is uncertain because a special travelling visa expired at midnight, and he must meet immigration officials in Sydney at 10am today to learn his fate.
A wheelchair-bound Mr Jovicic was very emotional and looked ill when he fronted reporters at Sydney Airport soon after arriving on a flight from London.
The 39-year-old Melbourne man, who had lived for 37 years in Australia, was deported to Serbia in June 2004 by then immigration minister Philip Ruddock following a string of minor burglaries to support his heroin addiction.
He has just been returned on compassionate grounds but his citizenship is uncertain because a special travelling visa expired at midnight, and he must meet immigration officials in Sydney at 10am today to learn his fate.
A wheelchair-bound Mr Jovicic was very emotional and looked ill when he fronted reporters at Sydney Airport soon after arriving on a flight from London.
The 39-year-old Melbourne man, who had lived for 37 years in Australia, was deported to Serbia in June 2004 by then immigration minister Philip Ruddock following a string of minor burglaries to support his heroin addiction.
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