After an Australian judge canceled the visa of the world number one, Novak Djokovic has regained his freedom, failing to be definitively fixed on his fate. The Serb remains under the threat of a discretionary expulsion from the Minister of Immigration. Transcripts of Djokovic's entire hearing, released last night, highlight the fact that Australian border police allegedly gave the Serbian a very short deadline, 20 minutes, to provide documents he did not have. not. A courteous but also “
Kafkaesque
” dialogue. The world number one explains first not to be vaccinated, but to have been contaminated by the covid on December 16, then negative on the 22. He considers that he acted in good faith.
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Because Tennis Australia gave him the information that a covid contamination in the last 6 months had the same value as a complete vaccination schedule and served as an exemption. The Serbian then provided the authorities with the QR code required by the state of Victoria (venue of the tournament). But at 3:55 am, the officer announces to Djokovic the cancellation of his visa. And he tells him that, "
previous infection with Covid-19 is not considered a medical contraindication to vaccination against Covid-19 in Australia
" He is only given "
20 minutes
" to provide new documents. Djokovic, taken aback, does not have the federal documents in question: "
So you're legally giving me 20 minutes to try to find additional information that I don't have?
At 4 o'clock in the morning?
You are putting me in a very difficult situation.
I can't call the director of Tennis Australia, I can't chat with anyone about the Victoria state government at 4 a.m.
"
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Without a phone for long hours, he couldn't reach anyone to help him.
A longer delay is granted to him, but at 6 am, the new team does not wish to grant him a delay.
Direction the detention center for a Novak Djokovic.
It is this procedure of the authorities at the airport that Judge Kelly deplored in his wait and which could allow the Serbian to play the Australian Open… To be continued.