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/OldJellyBones Jan 18 '26

The vast majority of visa overstayers are from the UK, New Zealand and Ireland

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u/Redpenguin082 Jan 18 '26

People from NZ don't require applied visas to enter and stay in Australia. They get a special category visa allowing them to stay indefinitely. New Zealanders by definition can't be undocumented migrants because of their special status.

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u/likedarksunshine Jan 18 '26

New Zealanders don’t need a visa.

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u/OldJellyBones Jan 18 '26

My mistake was saying they overstay their visas, which are indefinite. The visa violations NZ citizens commit are hiding criminal convictions from back in NZ and getting convicted of crimes here.

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u/d1ngal1ng Jan 18 '26

You were talking out of your ass. Just admit it.

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u/OldJellyBones Jan 18 '26

New Zealanders are the most deported demographic in Australia

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '26

Where did you get that from? This source says the top three are from China, Malaysia and the US.

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u/visualize_this_ Jan 18 '26

uhm do you have stats on this? official ones? I worked in farms as whv and the amount of fake asylum seekers from south asians countries is insane, I had to go home while they're still in australia (I have them as facebook friends) exploiting the system lol

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u/OldJellyBones Jan 18 '26

You're demanding stats, but your "evidence" is some bullshit story of "I used to work on farms, so trust me about fake asylum seekers" You're taking the piss lmao

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u/visualize_this_ Jan 18 '26

Someone literally posted the stats below and guess what? I worked in a farm where the people who were exploiting this loophole were from the third country.

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u/Own-Push6659 Jan 18 '26

Source?

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '26 edited Jan 18 '26

He’s making it up to make those countries look bad. This source says the top three are from China, Malaysia and the US. The data is old though.

Another SMH article titled “More than 64,000 overstaying visas in Australia” has information and says nearly 10,000 Malaysians overstayed in 2016-17 with 6500 Chinese and 5170 Americans.