Labor Plans Crackdown on Visa Overstayers

Labor quietly pauses working holidaymaker visas as stoush over backpackers brews

Matt Canavan said backpackers had not been the cause of high migration, and visas would not be touched. But data shows otherwise.

‘Abuse our system’: Labor pressured to act on overstayers

Mark Butler says the Albanese government is considering a tougher crackdown on visa overstayers but conceded Labor would not pursue a Trump-style enforcement model.

Labor plans crackdown on visa overstayers

The government is considering giving extra resources to investigate undocumented workers, as Pauline Hanson struggles to name some key regional leaders. Meanwhile, a top Pentagon official has sought to reassure Australians AUKUS is "full steam ahead". The post Labor plans crackdown on visa overstayers appeared first on Crikey.

Labor ponders deportation focus for visa overstayers in delayed migration overhaul

It could become more common for border officials to investigate tips about undocumented workers, but the government does not want to create an aggressive, Trump-style system.

Labor eyes visa overstayer crackdown as migration fight spills onto the streets - The Indian Sun

The Albanese government is considering sending more immigration compliance officers into Australian workplaces to track down visa overstayers, adding enforcement and deportations to a migration overhaul that is already producing one of the sharpest political fights over immigration in years. The proposal, reported by The Age, would increase resources for investigations into people who have exhausted their legal right to remain in Australia but h…

Labor considers plan to increase deportation of overstayers

Labor would send out more immigration officers to try to deport visa overstayers exploiting the system under a proposed element of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s plan to overhaul the country’s migration program. Source: The Age.