3 drownings today alone....wtf?

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They uproot people from what's often the only life they've ever known, & if they try to appeal then they can be stuck in 'detention camps' for months which aren't always near their families.

I don't like it either but most of these 501s have chosen not to get dual citizenship. If Australia really was their "home" they'd have made sure they have the paperwork in order.

When you turn up in a country you have to live by their rules and behave in a way that protects your right to be there. It may mean that you have fewer rights than citizens but you keep your head down until it's official. There will be millions of immigrants in Australia doing just that. If a small number can't toe the line then that's a choice they've made. Every parent should have been watching their kids like hawks and getting the paperwork done as soon as the kid was eligible.

Some didn't just decide to move to Oz though; their parents took them there when they were just little kids.  And Australia has made it rather more difficult for Kiwis to get citizenship since about 2017, having gone back on what they'd told John Key they'd be doing; some may have to wait for up to 10 years .

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...ip-changes

I think that the time comes when parents are no longer responsible for their actions of their adult children.