One hundred and seventy-three foreign-born criminals in the state of Victoria will have their visas cancelled and be deported from Australia, the Federal government has announced.
Of the 173 who will be liable to deportation on completion of their jail terms, 23 were found guilty of child sex offences, two of murder, 23 of drug offences and two of car-jackings with links to the violent street gang known as Apex.
Peter Dutton, Australia's Minister for Immigration, said that migrants committing crimes in Australia would not be tolerated.
"Australia is a generous nation and we settle a record number of people in our country each year, but we won't hesitate to cancel visas of people who commit crimes against Australians," Dutton told News Limited on Monday.
Under laws introduced in 2014, Dutton has the ability to cancel visas of those non-citizens who either fail to pass a character test or who have been convicted of an offence involving a jail term of more than 12 months.
[Xinhua/china.org.cn]
Of the 173 who will be liable to deportation on completion of their jail terms, 23 were found guilty of child sex offences, two of murder, 23 of drug offences and two of car-jackings with links to the violent street gang known as Apex.
Peter Dutton, Australia's Minister for Immigration, said that migrants committing crimes in Australia would not be tolerated.
"Australia is a generous nation and we settle a record number of people in our country each year, but we won't hesitate to cancel visas of people who commit crimes against Australians," Dutton told News Limited on Monday.
Under laws introduced in 2014, Dutton has the ability to cancel visas of those non-citizens who either fail to pass a character test or who have been convicted of an offence involving a jail term of more than 12 months.
[Xinhua/china.org.cn]
7/11/16
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