I am special...

[SueEllen]

They seem to be tight to get this sorted before the tournament starts. I wonder if they're planning to deliberately deport him after he plays, or announce it during his match and have the police escort him from the court, for maximum publicity.

He knew the risks when he tried to get around Australian law.

I'm not sure why the Australian border officials didn't play it straight in the first place as he would have now been deported.

[SueEllen]

Should find out the outcome tomorrow.

[SueEllen]

And he's on the plane home.

He's also banned from Oz for 3 years.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...a-cancellation

[DoctorStrangelove]

And having been refused entry to Oz, getting in anywhere else may prove innerestingly difficult, judging by considerable viewing of the assorted customs progs.

[AtW]

Sadly this arsehole will easily get visa to all other countries despite this ban (which normally would preclude most people from getting elsewhere in EU/US)

[SueEllen]

Apparently he's been treated badly because he's Serbian.

They didn't notice that other tennis players e.g Indian ones weren't even given an exemption for being too young to get vaccinated
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...novak-djokovic

Serbia’s president has said Novak Djokovic had been “harassed … but not humiliated” and the prime minister called his treatment “scandalous” as the world tennis No 1’s home country reacted furiously to his deportation from Australia.

After an 11-day saga, three judges unanimously upheld a decision by the immigration minister to cancel Djokovic’s visa because he was not vaccinated against Covid-19, removing any chance of him winning a 21st grand slam at the Australian Open.

“I think the court decision is scandalous … I find it unbelievable that we have two completely contradictory court decisions within the span of just a few days,” the Serbian prime minister, Ana Brnabić, told reporters in Belgrade.

“I am disappointed … I think it demonstrated how the rule of law is functioning – or better to say not functioning – in some other countries. In any case, I can hardly wait to see Novak Djokovic in our own country, in Serbia.”

[BR14]

<racist rant removed>

[d000hg]

Well I suppose this has provided us all a lot more entertainment than a tennis tournament held in the middle of the night.

I don't expect to see him miss other major tournaments, given the complexity and publicity of his deportation most will want to find a way to have him assuming they don't require vaccination to enter. Not sure which other countries have that requirement, is it common yet?

[SueEllen]

Well I suppose this has provided us all a lot more entertainment than a tennis tournament held in the middle of the night.

I don't expect to see him miss other major tournaments, given the complexity and publicity of his deportation most will want to find a way to have him assuming they don't require vaccination to enter. Not sure which other countries have that requirement, is it common yet?

Most countries have land borders with others, including the UK, so you can't ban someone as land borders tend to be across things like farmers fields, people's gardens and rooms in people's houses.

[d000hg]

Most countries have land borders with others, including the UK, so you can't ban someone as land borders tend to be across things like farmers fields, people's gardens and rooms in people's houses.

You can still have a law, it's just far harder to police.