Dodgy Migration Agents Under Scrutiny

Increasingly fake or dubious characters are trying to rip off innocent people for migration to Australia. This trend is particularly common in relatively poor countries where laws for the control of such illegal acts, or at least their implementation, is weak or non existent.  Many such shifty characters successfully manage to get their paying clients to Australia but only for the trouble to begin afterwards. Recently, the Australian migration department detained 12 illegal immigrants during a two-night operation and arrested four Indian men and an Indian woman as well as a Pakistani man. The officers also raided an area occupied by migrants and after interviewing 50 people, made six arrests – three men and three women, all from India. All were proved to be illegal migrants and are being currently held at Villawood Detention Centre in Sydney where they are awaiting deportation.

Employers convicted of using illegal labour face fines of up to $13,200 and two year’s jail. Similarly, the penalty for companies is up to $66,000 per illegal worker.

One wonders when Australia has one of the best and fast track system of legal migration of skilled workers, why is that people, instead of following the legal route, opt for the illegal route. Do they do it deliberately or are they simple victims of deception and cheating by the dodgy so-called migration agents ? Anyway, the immigration department is carrying out a thorough investigation on the source of these illegal migrants and workers in the country and sooner rather than later, the guilty characters will be revealed to the authorities for their further action. One however wonders exactly what measures can the Australian authorities where such con artists emerge every day to rip off the innocents, make their dosh and disappear into thin air – perhaps only to reappear elsewhere with another scam. The ones who suffer are the victims of their scam – innocent people who are illegaly migrated to Australia and many other developed countries.

Source: http://dailyadvertiser.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/migration-agents-to-be-investigated/768028.aspx