Gnads wrote on Nov 27
th, 2023 at 7:01am:
Courier Mail today - paywalled.
Quote:$255M TO FEEL SAFE
TEAMS TO MONITOR VIOLENT ASYLUM SEEKERS
CLARE ARMSTRONG
Police and border agents monitoring convicted criminals released from immigration detention will get $255m to bolster tracking efforts and prosecute those who breach sweeping emergency laws.
At least 141 foreigners, including murderers, rapists and child sex offenders, have been set free in the
community since the High Court ruled against their indefinite detention on November 8.
The federal funding package will be announced by the Albanese government today.
Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil said agencies would be able to dedicate time and resources to manage the cohort.
“We have only one priority and that is protecting the safety of the community within the limits of the law,” she said.
Police and border agents monitoring convicted criminals released from immigration detention will get $255m to bolster tracking efforts and prosecute any individuals who breach sweeping emergency laws.
At least 141 foreigners, including murderers, rapists and child sex offenders, have been set free in the community since the High Court ruled against their indefinite detention on November 8.
The federal funding package will be announced by the Albanese government on Monday and includes a cash injection for the joint Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Australian Border Force (ABF) Operation AEGIS established by the Department of Home Affairs to respond to the court decision.
What a ridiculous outcome from the ruling by our woke wanker High Court.
I agree they should be held in detention indefinitely ..... they should have been deported long ago.
Next thing they'll be finding all the murderers, rapists & child sex offenders in our prison system are there illegally & order their release.
This country is going to shyte in a hand basket.
Operation Sovereign Borders and Australian Border Force officials are on high alert for people smuggling ventures to Australia amid a rush of asylum seekers into Indonesia and surge in illegal maritime activity across South-East Asia.
Joint Agency Taskforce OSB has ramped up communications campaigns and operations in the region following the High Court ruling that asylum seekers without prospect of being settled elsewhere – including high-risk offenders – can no longer be held in indefinite detention.
There is heightened activity among Rohingya, Bangladeshi, Afghan and Pakistani asylum seekers, whom regional authorities fear are being targeted by people smugglers operating out of Indonesia and neighbouring countries.
There have been 11 known people smuggling ventures to Australia since May last year, including one boat intercepted the day before the federal election.
Less than 24 hours after the 12 illegal maritime arrivals were apprehended in WA, Indonesian police stopped a group of Bangladeshi nationals from boarding a boat after they reportedly paid a people smuggler $10,000 each to travel from the coastal town of Citepus to nearby Christmas Island. The Sydney Morning Herald said the Bangladeshi boat organiser, married to an Indonesian, is linked to a wider smuggling syndicate.
Indonesian police and fishermen on the weekend launched patrols in seas off the country’s western province in response to the arrival of almost 1100 Rohingya asylum seekers in recent weeks. Rohingyas, a persecuted Muslim ethnic minority group in Myanmar, travel by boat to Indonesia or Malaysia from refugee camps in Bangladesh.
Rear Admiral Jones has released videos in the region in recent days and weeks warning that those who travel illegally by boat to Australia “have zero chance of success”.
“The recent High Court of Australia decision does not change Australia’s tough border protection policies. People smugglers will spread lies about this decision in an attempt to take your money, put your life at risk and offer you a futile journey in return,” Rear Admiral Jones said in the OSB video.
“Let me be clear: Anyone, anywhere who attempts to illegally migrate to Australia by boat will be stopped, returned to their country of origin or point of departure, or transferred to a regional processing country.
“You will never settle in Australia. Australia’s border and defence personnel are constantly working. Our borders are watched and every vessel is closely monitored, all day, every day. You have zero chance of success.”
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/operation-sovereign-borders-aus...The Greens and Labor Left - or the High Court - will undermine and destroy OSB.