PoliticsAustralia to detain visa overstayers amid immigration crackdown

Australia will expand its compliance operation to detain or encourage the departure of about 77,000 people without valid visas, adding 100 officers and 250 detention beds. The government will also restrict “visa hopping”, while rights groups warn the measures could discourage exploited undocumented workers from reporting abuse.

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