Call for âcruelâ detention to end as refugees released More than 60 refugees being held at a hotel have been granted temporary visas after spending seven years in detention. Politics by Grace McKinnon and Josh Fagan 20th Jan 2021 7:59 PM Premium Content Subscriber only More than 60 refugees held at the Park Hotel in Carlton have been granted temporary bridging visas, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) said. The centre announced 26 refugees received six-month visas on Wednesday and another 34 would be released from the hotel on Thursday. This comes after the men were brought to Australia from offshore detention on Manus Island in 2019 to seek medical care under the now-repealed medevac legislation.