Djokovic is not being held captive, says Australian minister.
Karen Andrews, Minister for Home Affairs, said the tennis player can leave the country whenever he wants.
247 - Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, who had a medical exemption for the Covid-19 vaccine and had his visa to enter Australia cancelled, "is not being held captive" in the country and can leave whenever he wants, said the Australian Minister for Home Affairs on Friday (7). "He is free to leave whenever he wants and the Border Force will really facilitate that," Karen Andrews told ABC.
Djokovic arrived in Melbourne last Wednesday (5) after the organizers of the Australia Open tournament, together with the Victoria Department of Health, said he had received a medical exemption – a decision that generated reaction among many Australians. Djokovic's visa was cancelled on Thursday, and he is currently staying at the Park Hotel, where he was reportedly transferred after being detained at the airport.
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