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And yes there is more...

Two Immigration Department insiders have broken ranks to reveal serious claims of frequent and widespread fraud in visa applications, which they say has led to child trafficking on Australian soil.

The allegations relate to family visa applications in which Pakistanis are claiming to be from Afghanistan.

While immigration officials often detect the fraud, in many cases they are overruled on appeal.

A former employee at the Australian High Commission in Islamabad, who wishes to remain anonymous, says she witnessed visa fraud in her office "on a daily basis".

"Definitely, in fact I would say just about daily, a large percentage of my caseload would've been Pakistanis claiming to be Afghan refugees or Afghan asylum seekers," she said.

It is something that even refugee advocates acknowledge.

"I'm not sure that I would say regularly, but it's certainly something I have come across," migration agent Marion Le said.

"I know there are people living now in Australia as permanent residents, as citizens who are actually citizens of Pakistan but who pass themselves off as Afghans."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-02/i ... ud/3985834" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

This shit.... has to stop.

[mantra]

This fraud isn't black and white, but why aren't those who work in immigration not acting on these complaints? Obviously we don't have enough resources to cope with so many desperate people - but can you blame some of them for trying, particularly the young Pakistani females.

An example of family fraud.

"Family reunification visas are now the preferred 'fraud du jour'."

The former High Commission employee agrees with the letter's sentiments.

"I know that there are children that have come to Australia who are not related to the people that they have been sponsored by - they're not part of that person's family," she said.

"You know they've just been lost in the system - lost in the world wherever they are."

Ms Le said she often comes across "women and girls who have been beaten and their families who don't leave for cultural reasons".

"I've got four cases on my books at the moment of very, very serious abuse here in Australia," Ms Le said.

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Just admit you are wrong mantra instead of cherry picking all the time.

[Rorschach]

meanwhile your other topic of denial...

HOUSEHOLDS continue to tip unprecedented amounts into bank deposits - about $5 billion a month - underlining caution about the state of the economy and the challenge for policymakers in stimulating growth in the non-mining sectors.

Deposits have almost doubled from their pre-global financial crisis levels - from $294.2bn to $577.6bn according to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch chief economist Saul Eslake said households were pursuing a "very conservative investment strategy", which was "not necessarily a bad thing" given household debt levels remained high relative to incomes.

HSBC Bank Australia chief economist Paul Bloxham said the higher deposits marked a return to more normal savings levels from the excesses before the GFC when consumers and businesses borrowed beyond their means.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/na ... 6537181576" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

So although it’s of little comfort to retailers, who are experiencing their most difficult trading conditions since the recession of the early 1990s, the increase in household saving since the mid-2000s, and especially since the onset of the global financial crisis, is undoubtedly a good thing from the perspective of the broader Australian economy.

Saul Eslake... and this saving, for those too stupid to realise it... is a reaction to the lack of confidence in the government and the world economy.

[mantra]

meanwhile your other topic of denial...

Your quoted comments just confirm that what I said was true aside from the bit about retailers, but that's a different issue altogether. Not only are a huge proportion of sales made online now, but we also have the encroachment of the multinationals and of course the duopoly Woolworths and Coles buying up more businesses.

Unfortunately the small to medium retailers appear to be a dying breed, which is very sad because some of us prefer personal service. Online shopping is now very competitive and the retailers aren't keeping up. It has nothing to do with the fact that people don't feel confident enough to spend, it's just that there are more appealing alternatives since the GFC in which many Australians lost a lot of money. They are being more discerning about where their hard earned cash goes.

[mellie]

This fraud isn't black and white, but why aren't those who work in immigration not acting on these complaints? Obviously we don't have enough resources to cope with so many desperate people - but can you blame some of them for trying, particularly the young Pakistani females.

An example of family fraud.

"Family reunification visas are now the preferred 'fraud du jour'."

The former High Commission employee agrees with the letter's sentiments.

"I know that there are children that have come to Australia who are not related to the people that they have been sponsored by - they're not part of that person's family," she said.

"You know they've just been lost in the system - lost in the world wherever they are."

Ms Le said she often comes across "women and girls who have been beaten and their families who don't leave for cultural reasons".

"I've got four cases on my books at the moment of very, very serious abuse here in Australia," Ms Le said.

Not enough employees? ...Mantra, we are talking about a government that employs endless committees to oversea their agencies, bodies and bureaucracies.

Lol, federal Labor alone has created around a dozen new agencies, bodies and bureaucracies just in health alone at a cost of around $1 billion since coming to office.
Ironically, these new Canberra bureaucracies seem to be exempt from cuts while hospitals and health services are at crisis point.


Labors bureaucracy is out of hand ...I think it needs to be culled come September.


http://resources.news.com.au/files/2013 ... bodies.pdf

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Honestly mantra you must be clueless...

or you were arguing with us and didn't realise you should have been agreeing with us.

Your last post was absolute rot.... talk about incapable of understanding. The issue we are talking about isn't online sales mantra

Almost as stupid as arsie's intervention were he quoted about a completely different issue.

[Aussie]

you should have been agreeing with us.

Name those who constitute 'us,' Roachy Poachy Puddin 'n Pie.

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The people on this topic she was arguing against you idiot!
If you read topics b4 commenting you'd know what you were talking about... for a change.

[Aussie]

The people on this topic she was arguing against you idiot!

Too hard for you to name them Roachy Poachy Puddin ' Pie?