New Zealand convicted criminals to be deported from Australia

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http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/northern-territory/aussie-teens-plea-to-stop-her-mums-deportation-from-darwin/story-fnk0b1zt-1227490556634

SIXTEEN-year-old Breanna knows her mum is not perfect but is asking the government to reconsider deporting her from Darwin to New Zealand. 
 
"I know mum has made mistakes but she's my mum and I love her," she said.

Angela Russell, 40, was serving a jail sentence in Townsville, Queensland, after being convicted of stealing.

In April, she was due to be released after three months in custody but was instead informed her visa had been cancelled and she would be sent to Wickham Point ready for deportation to New Zealand.

Ms Russell had previously served jail sentences for similar offences.

SIXTEEN-year-old Breanna knows her mum is not perfect ...

Her daughter is living by herself in the Western Queensland town of Blackwater and contacted the NT News in the hope she could get answers about what was happening with Ms Russell's case.

"I don't want her to be sent to New Zealand, she has lived in Australia since she was three, all of her family is here," she said.

"I miss her so much."

It's been four months since Ms Russell was first detained in Wickham Point – she has appealed the government's decision to cancel her visa.

Last month the NT News reported there were 12 New Zealanders detained at Wickham Point as a result of the federal government's changes to the Migration Act.

Under new powers conferred on Immigration and Border Protection Minister Peter Dutton late last year people convicted of crimes could have their visas revoked.

Mr Dutton previously said those targeted under the Act would be sex offenders, bikies and drug traffickers.

A spokesman for Mr Dutton said yesterday Ms Russell's visa was cancelled "on character grounds under Section 501 of the Migration Act".


You can bet the way the law is going in SA with the "racial hate groups"being put into the same basket as bikie groups some Kiwis are going to potentially get thrown out.