Immigration problems are laid bare,time for real solutions
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Immigration

Immigration problems are laid bare,time for real solutions

Sustained investigative reporting has unveiled wide-reaching problems in our immigration system,the government response will be closely watched.

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‘Millions on planes’:Boat focus blinded Home Affairs to real abuses,says Nixon
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‘Millions on planes’:Boat focus blinded Home Affairs to real abuses,says Nixon

Former top cop Christine Nixon reveals that,as rorters and criminals flooded the visa system,the authorities went missing.

  • byNick McKenzie andMichael Bachelard
Alleged sex trafficking boss deported over underground prostitution network

Alleged sex trafficking boss deported over underground prostitution network

Binjun Xie has been arrested and deported from Australia as the federal government shakes up border security to reduce exploitation of foreign workers.

  • byNick McKenzie andMichael Bachelard
‘Party’s over for rorters’:Government cracks down on visa scams

‘Party’s over for rorters’:Government cracks down on visa scams

Private colleges will be banned from paying commissions to education agents who poach students from rival institutions in a sweeping crackdown on visa rorting.

  • byMatthew Knott
Hundreds caught up in crackdown on sex trafficking,organised crime

Hundreds caught up in crackdown on sex trafficking,organised crime

Almost two dozen women have been intercepted at the border on suspicion of being brought into the country as part of sex-trafficking operations.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Fake schools,fake students:Criminals make mockery of education visas

Fake schools,fake students:Criminals make mockery of education visas

A secret review of the immigration system shows how some criminal syndicates own every step of the chain to game the education visa process and gain access to the country.

  • byNick McKenzie andMichael Bachelard
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‘Grotesque abuses’:Secret review of migration system scathing of failures

‘Grotesque abuses’:Secret review of migration system scathing of failures

Poor management of the nation’s already inadequate immigration and visa laws and a focus on stopping boat arrivals has allowed organised crime syndicates to flourish.

  • byNick McKenzie andMichael Bachelard
‘Tough as nails’:Former top cop to helm sex,drug trafficking inquiry

‘Tough as nails’:Former top cop to helm sex,drug trafficking inquiry

Traffickers and people exploiting foreign workers have been rorting Australia’s migration system to ply their trades. Now former chief commissioner Christine Nixon will conduct an inquiry.

  • byNick McKenzie
Trafficked:An international investigation
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Human trafficking

Trafficked:An international investigation

A global human trafficking syndicate has exploited flaws in Australian border security and the immigration system that allowed it to run a national illegal sex racket.

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Immigration taskforce to hit visa criminals after trafficking investigation

Immigration taskforce to hit visa criminals after trafficking investigation

A new taskforce will target criminals exploiting the migration system after revelations of widespread visa rorting,foreign worker exploitation and drug crime.

  • byNick McKenzie
‘A state of disrepair’:Home affairs minister slams immigration system
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Immigration

‘A state of disrepair’:Home affairs minister slams immigration system

Clare O’Neil says criminals are getting into Australia as corrupt agents,and education institutions help traffic sex slaves and drugs. But legitimate workers can’t find their way through a broken system.

  • byNick McKenzie andAmelia Ballinger