Question: Please write a reflection on the story below. Please do not forget to elaborate!!! Novak Djokovic: Tennis star detained ahead of deportation appeal Novak Diokovic
Please write a reflection on the story below. Please do not forget to elaborate!!!
Novak Djokovic: Tennis star detained ahead of deportation appeal Novak Diokovic has been detained in Australia ahead of a court hearing that will determine whether the unvaccinated tennis star can stay in the country, The Serk faces deportation after his visa was cancelled for a second time, with the government labelling the 34-year-old a threat to public health His lawyers are appealing against what they called an "iccational" decision, with the hearing set for Sunday Riekexis is still scheduled to play the Australian Open on Monday in Melbourne. If he were to win the tournament, he would become the most successful men's tennis player in the history of the sport with 21 maior titles But Sunday's hearing scheduled for 09:30 local time (22:30 GMT on Saturday.), is scucial it Riekoxis is to be able to compete iust hours later- Most people I've spoken to are pretty gutraged that an unxascinated player was ever allowed here in the first place Qtbers have a more nuanced view. Sure, this is a shambles, they say, but the gayernment eventurning the ruling of an independent judge is pretty questionable 122 It's clear then that this is not just about sport. It's beadline news and a maior tonis, of conversation And the background is important toe, as Australia struggles with Covid-19. Many people are getting iabbed after months of living under strict restrictions Intensive sare wards are filling up, daily deaths have hit record levels, and some might say you've got less chance of finding a Covid test kit in a pharmacy than Dickoxic has of playing on Monday Given the seciousness of the Omicron wave there's another sentiment that you hear often this drawn-out saga has become a distraction from far more important issues. If he loses the appeal the wedd's top-ranked men's tennis player faces deportation and a three-year visa ban. ANALYSIS: The politics behind Australia's decision EXPLAINER: Twists and turns of Diokovic's visa saga On Saturday shortly after an online pre-trial bearing, Digkexis returned to the immigration detention hotel where he was held earlier this week. He will remain there. until his appeal on Sunday. Riekexis's visa was first revoked shortly after his arrival in Melbourne on 6 January, after Australian Border Force officials said he had "failed to provide anropriate evidence" te receive a vaccine exemption The tennis star, who has caught Covid-19 twice with the latest positive test on 16 December, was detained for days, at the immigratiga hotel. His visa was then ceinstated box a judge who ardered his release, culing that border officials had igngred correct procedure when he arrived on Friday evening, Immigration Minister Alex Hawke once again cancelled Diokovic's visa under separate powers in Australia's Migration Act. The act allows him to depart anyone he deems a potential risk to "the health, safety 929d ader of the Australian communitx." Prime Minister Scelt Marcisan said the decision had followed "Careful consideration". Alluding to the heavy criticism his government has faced for allowing the unvaccinated player into Australia. Mr. Marcisan said: "Australians have made many sascifices during this pandemis, and the rightly expect the result of those sacrifices to be protected" Court documents released on Saturday show. Mr. Hawke chose to cancel Diokoxic's visa because in his view. - the unxassinated player's presence could fuel opposition to Covid-19 vaccination "U consider that his presence may be a risk to the health of the Australian community." he wrote in a letter to Riekexis and his lawyers, adding that he believed it could also provoke "civil unrest" because he was "a Qerson of influence and status". Digkexis's legal team say their grounds for appeal will centre on the "invalid and illogical" ationale of Mr Hawke's decision, which lawyer Nick Weed said was based on the threat of "exciting anti-vax sentiment". Mr Weed said he believed deporting the played would notentially do the same thing Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic condemned the Australian minister's decision. telling Diokoxis in an Instagram message: "Novak, we stand by you." "If you wanted to ban Novak Riekexis from winning the 10th trophy in Melbourne why didn't you return him immediately. why didn't you tell him 'it is impossible to obtain a visa'?" Mr Xucis added Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal, one of Riekoxic's biggest cikals, said on Saturday: "[Thel Australian Open is much more important than any player. If he's playing finally akax If he's not playing the Australian Open will be great with or without him." Japanese Rlaxer Nasmi Osaka described the controversy surrounding Riekexis as "an unfortunate situation" "He's such a great player and it's kind of sad that some people might remember [him in this way. But I also think it's... up to the government how Australia is deciding to handle it," she said But one Bigger than sport Simon Atkinson, BBC News in Melbourne Minutes after we started reporting the news of Riekexis's second visa cancellation, motorists leaned from car windows, banking their homs and shouting their approval