The Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass has slammed the Victorian border permits system as “unjustly” and “inhumane” after investigating the Victorian government’s border exemption scheme. Glass’s report, released on Dec. 7, stated that from Jul. 9 to Sep. 14, the Ombudsman received 315 complaints from jobless stranded Victorians who were paying double rent, caravanning pensioners without the internet being asked to provide documents they did not have, and a farmer who feared having to put down her animals. The ombudsmen said that the system led to some of the “most questionable decision” she had ever seen during her seven years in the job. “It appeared to us that the department put significant resources into keeping people out rather than helping them find safe ways to get home,” Glass said. She called upon the government to publicly acknowledge the distress the system caused, improve policy and guidance for such schemes. “If there is …