GILLARD/RUDD LET 120,000 ILLEGALS FLY IN

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In an astonishing Fairfax report, compiled from freedom of information documents, an estimated 120,000 illegal entrants flew into Australia between the years 2008 and 2013... and they remain here on fake passports and false documents.

 The majority of illegal fly-ins are on fraudulent student visas and work permits and they departed mostly from Middle Eastern hot spots, including Afghanistan, under the auspices of people smugglers.

 Perhaps Sarah Hanson-Young might be convinced to call these people illegal immigrants? Hmmm, no. Sarah will shed another tear while she describes them as more desperate refugees escaping persecution.

 The SMH complains that. “... they arrive unchecked while the Government focuses on stopping boats.”

In a comprehensive lead article not once is it mentioned that illegal arrivals on both boats and planes began and continued under the Gillard/Rudd regime.

 Fairfax continues, “The confidential Immigration Department files reveal repeated internal warnings over several years that widespread visa fraud is 'business as usual' yet remains largely untreated because the department's investigation and enforcement capacity had collapsed.

“... an internal inquiry into Afghan visa applicants in 2012 assessed that more than 90 per cent of cases contained fraud of some type and raised people smuggling, identity fraud, suspected child trafficking and national security implications.

“Also, a 2010 report reveals that immigration investigators had uncovered a Somali people-smuggling cell in Melbourne linked to terrorist suspect Hussein Hashi Farah, who ‘is believed to have links to the al-Qaeda offshoot al-Shabab’ and who fled Kenyan counterterrorism officials using an Australian passport in 2010.

“But the departmental file shows that a 2009 investigation into the cell's activities was deemed low priority and ceased due to a lack of resources". Hmmm, 2009? Again no mention of the responsible Government of K. Rudd.

 ■ “Tens of thousands of immigration fraudsters living freely after being assisted by migration crime networks exploiting weaknesses in working, student, family and humanitarian visa programs, including loopholes that have left the department sometimes 'generating the fraud'.

 ■ “The (immigration) department is 'responsible for granting a record number of student visas to people who may not be considered genuine students as well as granting permanent residence to skilled migration applicants who do not have the appropriate skills being claimed.

 ■ “In 2013, department chiefs were warned in a confidential report that the agency's investigations arm had collapsed, risking the integrity of its programs and ultimately national security."

 Hmmm, let me think, I'm almost certain that was under the Gillard Government.

 Fairfax continues, “A 2010 report into a Somali people-smuggling network stated that despite evidence pointing to multiple breaches of the Criminal Code Act and the Migration Act, the department had secured only one minor prosecution. Media attention and three PMQs [prime minister briefings] on this issue have not been enough for the government to address this situation, the immigration file states.

“Another 2010 report states that evidence uncovered to date indicates that fraud within the General Skilled Migration program is extensive with estimates at around 90 per cent [or] more than 40,000 suspect visa applications lodged per year for the last three years.''

Scott Morrison demands urgent report from Immigration Department about claims of widespread visa fraud and migration crime

• Terror touches down
• Militant suspect linked to passport scam
• Immigrantion officer's warning on risk to national security
• Afghan applications 90 per cent flawed

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has demanded an urgent report from his department about allegations of widespread visa fraud and migration crime uncovered by a Fairfax Media investigation.

Mr Morrison said on Thursday he was as serious about stopping visa fraud as he was about stopping the boats and conceded that fraud in Australia's visa program could be costing Australians jobs.

The allegations, based on hundreds of pages of leaked documents, show widespread visa-rorting and migration rackets are operating in Australia, with some having links to terrorism and organised crime.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/scott-morrison-demands-urgent-report-from-immi...

[fourandsixpants]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elie_Wiesel

.....for the pot and all that

[i-need-a-martini]

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@lightningdance wrote:

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

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@lightningdance wrote:

Lets get this straight once and for all.

You can't board a plane without a valid passport and a visa for entry into Australia.

So all the 120.000 that came in that way melted into the community and the Rudd/

Gillard fiasco did squat about it.

When will it ever end? never, like herpes Labor just keeps on giving.

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No how about we get this straight - 

Whilst Rudd was in ofice and the Liberal Party kept bleating on and on about "illegal" boat arrivals, Rudd continued to bring up that we had a bigger problem with LEGAL entries overstaying their visa. And there were quite a few threads about it on here too. The statistics have always been out in the open - something like 50,000 people overstay their visa every year. But why didn't Abbott think this was an issue? Oh yeah that;s right! It was/is because the majority are westerners.

The public campaign from Abbott about "Illegal" boat arrivals eclipsed any other issue.

I am wondering what Abbott/Morrison has done to address this this year. Given that they gave so much energy and thought to boat arivals, I am assuming they also addressed this issue similarly? 

Perhaps Lightning or Nero could locate the policy that includes the Liberal Party's strategies on this topic?

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My answer is to the topic not what you want it to be. You can't enter Australia by plane without a valid passport. Got it.?

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MY answer was to the topic and not what YOU want it to be. 'Your' government ignored this problem because it was so fixated on 'Stopping the Boats!!!' that nothing else seemed to matter. Got it?

[fourandsixpants]

ref.:  My answer is to the topic not what you want it to be. You can't enter Australia by plane without a valid passport. Got it.?

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.....err apparently you can, or we would not be having this friendly discussion......

[fourandsixpants]

ref.  You can't enter Australia by plane without a valid passport. Got it.?

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valid

ˈvalɪd/

adjective

• legally or officially acceptable.

  "the visas are valid for thirty days"

  ......err.....so why question question whether or not these visas are/were officially acceptable now?

  I think this Govt is questioning visa acceptability retrospectively.....can they do this?

  Must be something to do with the rushed changes to Visa Legislation that were pummelled through The House of Reps/The Senate during the end day of sitting for previous Govt .

  Then again Tones has a well taloned Assistant who is reknowned for producing, questionable but last minute Spoilers after the cats have bolted,in such matters.........

  Am betting will have to watch this space..........

[fourandsixpants]

supanova said:

.....I am sure some procedures can be improved, but I am also sure that the  of fake passports can also become more sophisticated.

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Perhaps it is a much more 'dark' an agenda behind all this......

Perhaps this neoLib Government has an Agenda and would like for example, to aim for an all inclusive ceiling on legal immigration of say, 100,000.....they might also like to apply a 5 year Moratorium......or even try and apply all this retrospectively.

see post # 1658 in Diary of our stinking Govt. 

http://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Diary-of-our-stinking-Govt/td-p/1173225/page/83

...."The anti-immigrant population control organization, Carrying Capacity Network (CCN), which promotes itself as a liberal environmental group, recently launched the Diversity Coalition for an Immigration Moratorium. Its goal is to bring together "ethnically and racially diverse groups and individuals" to press for an immediate five-year moratorium with a 100,000 all-inclusive ceiling on legal immigration. ....."...