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@karliandjacko wrote:

Isn't the new SA Governor an ex illegal boat person?

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So what's your point? Let  hundred and thousands of illegals in just in case there's a few individuals that may turn out to entertainers, politicians, or brain surgeons?

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@karliandjacko wrote:

Isn't the new SA Governor an ex illegal boat person?

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So what's your point? Let  hundred and thousands of illegals in just in case there's a few individuals that may turn out to entertainers, politicians, or brain surgeons?

 

 

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The point is that people have been arriving without valid visas or were overstaying for a very long time; it did not start with Rudd or Gillard government, and it has not ended last September.  I am sure some procedures can be improved, but I am also sure that the  of fake passports can also become more sophisticated.

someone suggested on radio that the coalition won't do anything about skills visas and 457 visas as the main beneficiaries are business with cheap workers.

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@boris1gary wrote:

someone suggested on radio that the coalition won't do anything about skills visas and 457 visas as the main beneficiaries are business with cheap workers.

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did you ring into a talkback radio yourself?

Update:

Corrupt immigration official fled Australia after police raid

A corrupt Immigration Department official who ran a $3 million migration racket with her husband was able to flee Australia three days after their home was raided by authorities.

But Reetika Ajjan and husband Jeetender still managed to wire $1.2 million to bank accounts in India before making their getaway in October 

Entire Article Here

It always gets me how people are able to "flee the country" before the police think to confiscate their passports.

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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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@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.

 

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Well, according to OP, people arrived on fake passports, that would mean that their visa was not valid.