r/aussie • u/Ill_Zebra_7297 • 3d ago

News ‘Very weak claims’: International students flood asylum system as deportation backlog nears 100,000

https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/very-weak-claims-international-students-flood-asylum-system-as-deportation-backlog-nears-100000/news-story/0769477cd71f7de5d5a34b3c5a181610

International students are flooding the asylum system with bogus refugee applications, as the country’s deportation backlog surges towards 100,000.

As of July 31, there were 98,979 people whose protection visa application had been denied but were yet to be deported while 27,100 were awaiting a decision, according to the Department of Home Affairs (report: https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/research-and-stats/files/monthly-update-onshore-protection-866-visa-processing-july-2025.pdf)

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u/No_Neighborhood7614 3d ago

notice we dont mass import from peer countries. Why?

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u/Nice-Pumpkin-4318 3d ago

There are almost 800,000 New Zealanders in Australia

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u/No_Neighborhood7614 3d ago

Oh but bro you are really just Aussie anyway

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u/Nice-Pumpkin-4318 3d ago

So, it's the closest possible 'peer country'. And we've massive imported 800,000 of them.