Visas of Several Foreign Criminals Cancelled

Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has cancelled the visas of seven foreigners as he races to fix a deportation mess. Mr. Giles has been under increasing pressure amid growing opposition calls for his sacking. He is considering trying to deport about 30 people after an appeals tribunal allowed them to stay in Australia on the grounds of a directive he himself had signed off on. Under Direction 99, Australia will “generally afford a higher level of tolerance” to non-citizens based on the length of their time spent in the country. Mr. Giles told ABC’s AM he had cancelled seven visas in the past few days....