Anthony Albanese is accused of opening the door for illegal boat arrivals after figures have unveiled the shockingly high number of visas that has been granted.
The figures from the Home Affairs department revealed that 21,581 permanent visas were granted to partners and family members of illegally arrived asylum seekers between February 2023 and September 2024.
Nearly 20,000 asylum seekers who arrived in 2013 before operation, were eligible to request permanent visa under an Albanian government reform.
The decision meant that asylum seekers who had or had requested or requested temporary protection visa and safe port of Enterprise -Visa would have access to social security and family reunion -rights if they had granted a decision of status visa.
Spokesperson James Paterson of the Opposition Home Affairs said that the Albanian government could have opened the locks well for illegal immigrants to appear in their throws.
“The decision of the Albanian Labor government to grant permanent visa to partners and family members of asylum seekers who have arrived by boat is only the last in a litany of errors of border protection of this government,” Paterson said.
'This is a direct consequence of Labor's decision to undermine the sovereign boundaries of the operation by abolishing the use of temporary protection visa. Now they not only give permanent visas to 19,000 illegal boat arrivals, but also their family members.
'No wonder people again test smugglers the determination of Australia. They think that Labor will eventually admit the way they have with this cohort.
Anthony Albanese is accused of opening the door for illegal boat arrivals after figures revealed (depicted visas granted, a boat with asylum seekers who arrived on the Kersteiland in 2012)
“Only a coalition government of Dutton will restore surgery sovereign boundaries to its full power that first stopped Labor's boats.”
Mr. Paterson also claimed that the Prime Minister had tarted his own party.
“It was Kevin Rudd, as Prime Minister, who said that if you come here by boat, you will never be established in Australia, a policy confirmed by the following coalition alloys,” he said.
'Anthony Albanese has clearly ran away from this dedication of his own party and former Prime Minister.
The last figures per operation sovereine boundaries showed two boats with a total of 13 people who tried to enter Australia illegally in November last year.
The government of Tony Abbott claimed a 90 percent reduction in maritime arrivals from asylum seekers as soon as the policy was introduced in 2013.
There were 207 arrivals in November of that year, in contrast to 2,629 in November 2012.
A spokeswoman for the Interior Department said that the Albanian government is committed to operation sovereign boundaries.
Greens immigration spokesperson David Shoebridge accused the government of being weak and said that Mr. Albanian politics played with opposition leader Peter Dutton
“Australia's border protection policy is not and will not change – anyone trying to travel irregularly to Australia will not permanently settle here,” she said.
“People who do not enter into protection obligations, who do not wait for a merits or judicial assessment outcome, and who have exhausted all roads to stay in Australia, are expected to leave Australia voluntarily and help to leave.”
Greens Immigration spokesperson David Shoebridge said that not enough was done and claimed that at least 5,000 people were excluded from the resolution of the status visa process.
Mr. Shoebridge said that although some asylum seekers 'honestly assessed' their applications, most people who had refused their claims had no way to correct this.
He accused the government of being weak and said that Mr. Albanian politics played with opposition leader Peter Dutton.
“This should burn a gap in the conscience of the Alp, with thousands of people looking for asylum, a lot with partners and children who had unfairly rejected their claims,” said Mr. Shoebridge.
'You do not accept the score if a football match is rigged, but that is what the government asks for thousands of people looking for asylum.
'What is needed is a credible and honest path to permanent protection. The country celebrated when this was done for the Biloela family, now it's time to find a similar path for other families. '
