Australia’s Home Affairs Minister has said the country’s immigration system is broken and potentially subject to criminal exploitation.
Speaking to ABC Radio on Nov. 7, Home Affairs and Cyber Security Minister Clare O’Neil, when asked if she thought the current visa immigration system was broken and being used to commit crimes like sex slavery and human trafficking, agreed.
“It is. There are very significant problems with the immigration system today,” O’Neil said.
The comments come after a joint investigation by the Nine Network, the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, titled ‘Trafficked’ alleged that the immigration system was being rorted by criminal syndicates involved in human trafficking and organised crime….