26 More Aussies Locked Up Mistakenly By Own Government

In February this year I wrote: ^[1]

Once is a mistake (a severe & tragic one at that), twice is carelessness, but three?

How many more cases like this are there ?

Well it seems we finally have the answer.

26

That’s right – the Australian Government hasn’t just managed to lock up one of its own nationals as an illegal immigrant by mistake once ^[2], twice ^[1] or three ^[3] times (not to mention wrongfully deporting someone ^[4]), it’s actually managed to do it an extra 26 times ^[5] in the last 10 years.

Mr Georganas says the reply last week from the Attorney-General and former immigration minister Philip Ruddock confirmed most cases have been settled out of court.

“They have told us they’ve paid in excess of $800,000 for out of court settlements,” he said.