Imasi arrived in Australia – by plane and intending only to pass through – in January 2010.
Said Imasi
Said Imasi has been held in immigration detention by Australia without allegation, charge or trial for almost eight years.

But he has been detained in this country – without allegation, charge, or trial – for nearly eight years. It has cruelled his physical health and sent him plunging into depths of suicidal depression.

Imasi is stateless – there is no country on earth that accepts him as their citizen – and his case appears to have confounded Australian authorities.

via ‘Every day I am crushed’: the stateless man held without trial by Australia for eight years | Australia news | The Guardian