Another freed immigration detainee is arrested - just days after elderly woman was allegedly bashed by asylum seeker

A released immigration detainee has been charged with allegedly failing to comply with his visa mandated curfew and maintaining a monitoring device.

The AFP arrested and charged the Sundanese man, 45, on Monday, after locating him in Melbourne. He appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on the same day and was granted bail.

The former detainee was one of 154 men released from immigration detention in November after the High Court ruled indefinite detention was unlawful. 

It is alleged the man breached the conditions of his Commonwealth visa on three occasions between 20 April 2024 and 29 April 2024 by failing to comply with residential curfew obligations and maintain his monitoring device.

He is expected to return to court on 22 May.  

His arrest comes just days after a Perth grandmother was allegedly assaulted by another recently freed immigration detainee during a violent home invasion.

The man was one of three people arrested over the assault and robbery of 73-year-old Ninette Simmons earlier in April. 

Western Australian police allege the trio assaulted Ms Simmons' husband Philip, 76, and tied his hands behind his back, before stealing $200,000 worth of jewellery. 

The three offenders gained access to the couple's home by posing as police officers. 

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has called for Immigration Minister Andrew Giles and Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil for an explanation over the incident.

'Sadly, it's victims like we've seen in Perth, and I think like we'll see across the country, who are paying the price for the incompetence of the Albanese government and the two ministers ... are missing in action,' he told Nine's Today program.

'There needs to be transparency, because from day one, the government shrouded everything in secrecy, and if they've got nothing to hide, then they should be up front and open with the Australian people.'

While the government tried to ram laws through parliament in March that would impose mandatory minimum one-year prison sentences for immigration detainees who don't co-operate with deportation attempts, the proposal was delayed by the opposition and crossbench.

Mr Dutton denied opposing the laws for political gain.

'We demanded that the government strengthen the legislation often, which is what they ended up doing, because what they put forward originally was so weak,' he said.