Recent reports have highlighted significant exploitation of Australia's visa system by international students and migrants, leading to a record number of appeals and concerns over systemic abuse.
As of the third quarter of 2024, the Department of Education reported a record 1,018,799 international student enrolments in Australia. The vocational education and training (VET) sector experienced the most substantial growth, with enrolments increasing from 247,467 in 2019 to 351,704 in 2024.
A significant number of migrants and asylum seekers are submitting unmeritorious applications to exploit Australia's visa system. Each month, approximately 1,000 unsuccessful asylum seekers at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) fail to depart the country. Currently, there are over 82,000 active appeals against visa refusals, marking an all-time high. Former immigration official Abul Rizvi suggests implementing a "first-out model" to address this issue by prioritising recent unmeritorious applications and targeting migration agents responsible for these submissions.
The federal government has initiated a crackdown on "ghost colleges"—dormant VET providers that fail to deliver proper training. Over 150 such providers have been shut down, and an additional 140 have received warnings to improve by the end of 2024 or face closure. Critics argue that international students who obtained visas through these fraudulent colleges should be deported. The Albanese government's focus is to curb abuses in the VET sector and ensure compliance with education standards.
The surge in unmeritorious applications has led to a backlog in visa appeals, with median processing times reaching 4.5 years for protection visas and one year for migration visas. The opposition accuses the current government of allowing a significant increase in migration appeals, partly due to a record influx of migrants during its first two years. Proposed measures aim to reform the system and address the backlog, preventing Australia from facing larger undocumented migrant populations similar to those in the United States.
These developments underscore the need for comprehensive reforms to Australia's visa system to prevent exploitation and ensure that migration policies serve the nation's best interests. To sort this mess out we need to close the borders until sanity can be restored. Australia has been immigrated to death, with a total loss of national identity. It is just a place where migrants crash, not a real nation any more. It is now: wake up or die!
https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2025/02/thousands-of-migrants-rort-visa-system/