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Farid Farid

Visa cancellations grow tenfold in last decade: study

Immigration detention at centres like Christmas Island has spiked due to visa cancellations. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Migrants and refugees who commit crimes are facing an unfair legal system where they end up being detained or deported after completing their sentences in jail.

The 35-page report, Prison to Deportation Pipeline, found that visa cancellations on character grounds increased tenfold since 2014 leading to a significant spike in the numbers of people held in immigration detention.

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