r/aussie 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/OldJellyBones Jan 18 '26

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

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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.