Immigration Minister Andrew Giles says he will be updating a controversial ministerial direction that has allowed a number of migrants convicted of violent crimes to escape deportation.
Minister for Immigration Andrew Giles during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. NO ARCHIVING This is amid intense pressure from the Opposition for the minister to be sacked due to the directive which requires the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to consider a foreign national's ties to Australia when reviewing visa cancellation decisions.
Mr Giles has been under scrutiny since last November as SBS Chief Political Reporter Anna Henderson explains. The latest issue relates to the so-called Direction 99 - that requires the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to consider a person's ties to Australia when reviewing visa cancellation decisions. Earlier this week, the A-A-T released its decision in the case of a man known as C-H-Y-C, reinstating the visa for the New Zealand man who pleaded guilty to raping his stepdaughter, citing his connection to Australia."If you direct the A-A-T to make those considerations when deciding whether to revoke a visa or not revoke a visa, this should come as no surprise because there's been incompetence after incompetence in this portfolio.
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