Australian Croat to be deported to Croatia, a country she has not visited in 50 years

Mirjana Carić's visa has been automatically cancelled at the end of her latest prison sentence and she is facing deportation. She is a a convicted drug offender. Ms Carić has not been to Croatia since 1968 when she arrrived in Australia, as a two year old. She is not citizen of Australia, but, according to her family, she has not got Croatian citizenship either. Jason Donnelly a barister and migration law specalist says the number of cases of people being stripped of their visas has risen significantly since changes to the Migration Act were made.

Caric Family in Australia, Mirjana front left Source: ABC Australia, Supplied