The Australian government has said that Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef, charged with supporting a terrorist organisation, will be deported from the country after legal proceedings are over and if there is no new development in the case.
Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews said Haneef will remain in detention until his trial and after that it is very unlikely he will be allowed to remain in Australia.
'The Federal Police will issue what is called a criminal justice certificate,' he said, adding, 'that means he will remain in Australia while the legal proceedings are on foot,' according to ABC online news.
'After that, unless there is some new information provided or if there is some change as a result of legal proceedings, he will be deported,' he said.
Haneef was granted bail on Monday after being charged with providing resources to a terrorist organisation.
But the Federal government has revoked the Indian doctor's visa and plans to detain him at Sydney's Villawood detention centre.
Andrews said he did not act on trivial information and Haneef's lawyers will be provided with documents to show that.
'They can seek to revoke the decision and it can be looked at again and that is an administrative decision,' he said.
'If they're unhappy with that process they can then seek to review this decision in the federal courts. It is not as if this is a decision, which is not without some legal recourse,' Andrews said.
Meanwhile, Queensland Premier Peter Beattie said the federal government should give its reasons for revoking the visa. Beattie said the move may well be justified but looks heavy-handed.
'I am prepared to be as tough and ugly on terrorists as everyone else, but clearly the Federal Minister for Immigration has acted in relation to particular information from the Federal Police,' he said.
'I think there is a growing disquiet about this matter in terms of how the Federal Government has handled it. I do not intend to be critical of them other than to say, for God's sake explain to Australians why you have taken this course of action,' he said.
Haneef's lawyer Peter Russo met his client in the Brisbane watch-house on Tuesdy morning to discuss his legal options.
Russo said Haneef must consider whether or not to post a $10,000 bail surety on the charges he recklessly provided support to a terrorist organisation involved in last month's UK car bomb plot.
He says Haneef also has to decide whether to appeal against the Federal government's decision to revoke his visa and place him in immigration detention. Russo says consideration also has to be given to action taken by Queensland Health to suspend Haneef.