Criminals Among Migrants Wining Visa Appeals At Tribunal, Senate Told

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An Australian Federal Police officer on patrol at Sydney Domestic Airport in Sydney, Australia on July 31, 2017. Brook Mitchell/Getty ImagesPeople with serious criminal convictions may be among hundreds of migrants who have successfully overturned visa cancellations, a Senate hearing has been told.The Department of Home Affairs lost 196 visa cancellation cases on character grounds before the Administrative Review Tribunal in the current financial year to March 31, officials told the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee on May 27.

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