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Illegal workers caught in Newcastle and Central coast
areas
Immigration compliance officers have located 27 illegal workers and
visa over stayers in a series of compliance operations in the
Central Coast and Newcastle areas that concluded overnight (03 May
2013).
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Immigration minister says 10,000 rorts of 457 visa a
'forecast'
The Immigration Minister, Brendan O'Connor, is defending his
declaration that more than 10,000 foreign worker visas have been
rorted by employers, saying it's an 'estimate' or
'forecast'. A departmental report obtained under FOI by the
Opposition says rorting of 457 visas is rare (03 May 2013).
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Immigration report finds 457 visas rarely
rorted
An Immigration Department report has highlighted the need to
strengthen the 457 foreign worker scheme but found only rare
instances of clear abuse (03 May 2013).
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Don't politicise skilled migration, says
AMMA
In a submission to a Senate Standing Committee Inquiry, AMMA
stresses that 457 Visas and other skilled migration programs play a
small but critical role in meeting the resource industry's
workforce requirements and should be off-limits to politically
charged rhetoric and poll-driven policy making (01 May 2013).
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Unregistered migration agent appears in
court
A senior Lebanese community member who appeared before the Sydney
Downing Centre Local Court today charged with offences related to
providing migration assistance while not a registered migration
agent, has had his case adjourned (30 April 2013).
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