Guard hung up and he jumped
EDDIE RAULUNI continually relives the moment his uncle Josefa jumped from a balcony at Villawood detention centre. He watched helplessly as his body hit the ground and bounced.The...
Family begs for time for very ill girl
THE family of a Bangladeshi girl receiving life-saving medical treatment but who could be sent home as early as tomorrow to an ''effective death sentence'' has appealed to the...
Family pleads with government to let sick girl stay
A BANGLADESHI girl brought to Australia for life-saving surgery six years ago could face a ''death sentence'' if the Immigration Department forces her to return home.The...
Children pay price - Parents' `gamble' blamed for split-up
THE Federal Government yesterday stood by its decision to split a young family and accused parents Mafi and Hiki Vaingalo of "calculatingly and deliberately" gambling with their...
Bid to sponsor pair
A PRESTIGIOUS Sydney school would be asked to sponsor back to Australia the deported Tongan parents of one of their students, their immigration lawyer said yesterday.
Hiki and...
Teen taken in by elite school after parents deported
A young teenager whose parents were kicked out of Australia after 16 years has been taken in by an elite Sydney private school.
Keliti Vaingalo, 13, a day student at Newington...
Home Wreckers
After many years in Australia, four members of this family were told yesterday to leave or be deported. Hundreds of other families have been split up since the federal poll....
Immigration checks under scrutiny following book 'hoax' revelations Claims Khouri investigated
MARK COLVIN: Further revelations about the alleged double life of the author Norma Khouri have raised serious questions about how our Immigration Department accepted her...
Immigration officer `waved gun in the face of tourist'
A KOREAN tourist on a working holiday visa had a gun waved in her face by immigration officers, the Migration Review Tribunal has been told.
The 26-year-old woman, one of four...
Massage women have visas returned
FOUR Korean women have been released from detention after a tribunal found immigration officers who led a highly publicised raid on their massage parlour wrongly cancelled their...
Migrants vulnerable to fraudulent migration agents
MARK COLVIN: It's emerged that migrants to Australia are being forced to pay thousands of dollars for mistakes caused them by Australia's self-regulated migration industry.
The...
Migration agents accused of illegal activities
KERRY O'BRIEN: Welcome to the program.Every year, many thousands of people from all corners of the globe apply for the right to live in Australia.They've fed a burgeoning industry...
The Dearly Deported
A confusing legal shuffle is being used to prise thousands of dollars from visa seekers, who later face deportation.
A special report by Rebecca DiGirolamo and investigations...
Migrant watchdog criticised for delays
THE body that polices migration agents takes too long to investigate complaints and is denying people justice, immigration lawyers warn.
The Migration Agents Registration...
Immigration lawyers form new industry body
On 29 May 2003, NSW Law Society President Robert Benjamin at the Society's Phillip Street premises, welcomed the presence of a new group on the legal scene, the Immigration...
