The Department of Home Affairs cancelled hundreds of PRs

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Source: AAP

According to the Department of Home Affairs website the number of visa cancellations on character grounds have increased by over 1400 per cent between the 2013–14 and 2016–17 financial years, due to December 2014 legislative amendments to the Migration Act 1958.
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Published 29 August 2018 10:29am
Updated 30 August 2018 4:05pm
By Heba Kassoua
Presented by Al Bayt Baytak

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