Clare O’Neil silent on whether ‘missing’ man was told to check in when released from immigration detention

Border Force has suggested man was ‘non-compliant’, but Guardian understands he was not read his visa conditions or fitted with ankle bracelet

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Clare O’Neil has refused to rule out that a man was able to leave immigration detention without electronic monitoring because Australian Border Force failed to read out visa conditions to him.

The ABF has insisted the individual and three others have not complied with visa conditions, but also refuses to say if those conditions were read to the missing man.