ASYLUM seekers who have committed domestic violence offences in detention­ have been released into the community. 
 
Immigration Ombudsman reports tabled in parliament also reveal an asylum seeker with a long criminal history was allowed to repeatedly see family members in Australian home visits.

The cases emerged as refugee groups yesterday claimed tensions were rising at Sydney’s Villawood Detention Centre after some of the detainees were told they would have to be moved to other detention centres,­ ­including Curtin in Western Australia, while Villawood underwent renovations.

In the first of two domestic violence cases in the past month, a 39-year-old asylum seeker who arrived in Australia by boat in November, 2010, was served with an interim intervention, preventing him living at the same address as his wife.

He was later issued with a domestic violence order but was transferred to live with his family “under the condition he would not commit domestic ­violence” offences.

The report said that in May last year the federal government agreed to lift the bar to allow the man to apply for a protection visa and he was subsequently granted a bridging visa without work rights and released into the community.

In a second case, an asylum seeker, 33, allegedly demonstrated “aggressive and abusive behaviour” towards staff members on six occasions during the year to February last year.

He had also been caught on film attacking his wife, an Australian resident, during a visit to Victoria’s Maribyrnong ­Detention Centre.

“Later, he ‘apologised profusely’ for his actions and celebrated his wedding anniversary with his wife at church on an escorted external visit,” the ­report said.

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison’s office last night said individuals on day trips outside detention centres were accompanied by Serco guards, though this did not apply to those given bridging visas.

“The safety and security of the community are a primary concern when individuals are assessed,” Mr Morrison’s spokeswoman said.

In a third case, an asylum seeker, 38, who had drug, ­assault and theft convictions in his home country, arrived in Australia in 2005 and was given a special category visa.

He was later charged with offences including drugs matters. Court matters relating to unlawful possession of weapons, bail breaches and forgery were pending during his immigration processing.

The report said he was ­detained at Villawood in February, 2010, but was still awarded home visits to his pregnant partner and son in Australia on four occasions ­between March and May that year, though more recent ­attempts by him to organise home visits had been stopped.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/asylum-seeker-wife-bashers-releas...

all with the help of legal aid of course..

Kat wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2014 at 6:20am:


I have NEVER said that ALL illegal immigrants are of questionable character. Not once have I said that. What I have said is that we do not know anything about these people thanks to their deliberate destruction of their passport and other forms of ID. We have no idea whether these people are rapists or thieves or convicted murderers any more than we know whether they are academics or doctors or electricians. Given this, I have always thought it was insanity in the extreme for Gillard to have permitted any of these people to live among us while their claim for asylum was processed. The result has been a number of rapes and assaults, including at least one murder that I vaguely recall a couple of years ago. There should be a zero tolerance attitude to the behaviour of these people: screw up just once and you're on the first plane out of here! The others would quickly learn that it's in their best interests to behave like a Saint from that point forward.

tickleandrose wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2014 at 7:26am:


The previous Labor government has not been gone for "about 1 year". Try just over six months! As for being unfair to the people on those boats - too bad. They've been warned not to come, for their own good. They've been told to apply through the proper channels. They refuse to heed those warnings. It's not a safe trip to make over that stretch of ocean and it's a miracle that Labor's policy "only" got 1,500 or so people killed instead of much more. No one in the government is denying them freedom of speech, religion or assembly. The government is simply putting its foot down and saying that they will decide who comes to this country, not people smugglers. Wow, you really need a reality check!

tickleandrose wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2014 at 7:58am:




interestingly you dont take offence to kats remarks about all libs???????.....

as it is they all came in through the back door....

just as  if they invaded your home through your back door.. I think you would ask a few questions before allowing them to take over your house...........or maybe not!!!

if they barged in and said.. look we have paid a bloke up the road thousands to live in this house...and live here we are going to do...


would that be OK with you? would it really?..

Oh,dear.....here we go again.

If the people involved weren't asylum seekers, AP wouldn't be interested. His obsession goes on.

Sad, really. Sad and pathetic.

Kat wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2014 at 6:20am:


Naww, poor little kitty Kat would never hurt a fly, but people keep picking on it.

I can't for the life of me understand why?

Poor kitty Kat....

Peter Freedman wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2014 at 12:53pm:

Yet he condones Abbott assaulting women even makes excuses for him and calls the women that accuse him of assault liars.