His mother, an Australian permanent resident, was visiting her parents in Sweden in the late stages of her pregnancy.
[2] The Australian Immigration Minister, Amanda Vanstone, under Section 501 of the Migration Act, cancelled his visa in 2004 on the grounds of his bad character, had him imprisoned and sought to deport him to Sweden.
The difference is the barest of technicalities" ... "Apart from the dire punishment of the individual involved, it presumes that Australia can export its problems elsewhere".
Two judges noted that Parliament had left the Immigration Minister with the discretion to decide whether a person such as Nystrom could remain in Australia.
[citation needed] Nystrom was re-arrested on 10 November 2006 and held in Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre in Melbourne.
[7] However, in April 2012 the Australian Government advised the HRC that it "respectfully disagrees" with the committee and said that it will not allow Nystrom to re-enter Australia.