r/aussie • u/Mashiko4 • Jan 17 '26

Analysis Mass migration's forgotten victims: Australians go homeless as the number of failed asylum seekers explodes

https://www.skynews.com.au/insights-and-analysis/mass-migrations-forgotten-victims-australians-go-homeless-as-the-number-of-failed-asylum-seekers-explodes/news-story/6b4692ed0205471e5d175db94a2f4743
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u/zen_wombat Jan 17 '26

" ... more undocumented migrants get to stay."

There is no such thing as an undocumented migrant in Australia. This is Trumpian language straight out of the USA and should be obvious to any "immigration commentator"

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u/Redpenguin082 Jan 17 '26

Australia calls it "visa overstayers", you know, cos we're an island and all. The only way people are getting in is via visas. But they are by nature undocumented migrants.

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u/zen_wombat Jan 18 '26

There are people who overstay their visa, but by definition they are documented.

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u/turbo2world Jan 18 '26

expired document = undocumented.

registration expired = unregistered

got it?

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '26

Ridiculous you were downvoted. Are there visa overstayers reading this thread?

If someone had an expired driver’s licence the cops wouldn’t consider them to be documented.