An Aboriginal man has launched legal action against Australia over what he argues is an attempt to deport him to Papua New Guinea.
Daniel Love, 39, was born in Papua New Guinea but has lived in Australia since he was five. He has a Papua New Guinea mother and Aboriginal Australian father.
He does not have Australian citizenship and had his visa cancelled last month after serving a jail term.
Immigration officials say they cannot comment publicly on the case.
Lawyers for Love argue that he cannot be expelled from Australia because he is an indigenous man whose father is an Australian citizen.