A war crimes suspect recently discovered to be living in Britain can return to Australia, according to Australia’s immigration minister. The remarks came after Konrad Kalejs, an Australian citizen who is alleged to have been an official in a the Latvian security police that killed up to 30,000 Jews, said he would leave England after the British government threatened to deport him.
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