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Calls to scrap immigration order after tribunal case

Dan Tehan says the coalition will rescind the direction known as direction 99. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

A tribunal's decision not to cancel the visa of a foreign-born national who was found guilty of rape has prompted calls for ministerial immigration directions to be scrapped.

Opposition immigration spokesman Dan Tehan says the coalition will rescind the direction put forward by Immigration Minister Andrew Giles, known as direction 99, on the first day of a future coalition government.

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