Greek migrant Steve Papas (left) who waited four decades to become an Australian citizen Source: Greek WEA of SA
Waiting 43 years to gain Australian naturalisation or being a "permanent resident" unable to temporarily leave the country for decades because you cant get a re-entry visa to come back to your Australian family. These are two cases of how authorities have dealt with migrants to Australia, uncovered in a major investigation by SBS. Cancellation or denial of citizenship and passports, deportation, detention or restricted movements - theyre all measures taken or proposals put forward in Australia to deal with security suspects in the early 21st Century. But the SBS investigation has revealed theyve all been tried before - against migrants to Australia - not because of terrorism concerns, but because of their known or suspected political beliefs, mostly as Communists. "investigation on political discrimination of post war migrants
Waiting 43 years to gain Australian naturalisation or being a "permanent resident" unable to temporarily leave the country for decades because you cant get a re-entry visa to come back to your Australian family. These are two cases of how authorities have dealt with migrants to Australia, uncovered in a major investigation by SBS. Cancellation or denial of citizenship and passports, deportation, detention or restricted movements - theyre all measures taken or proposals put forward in Australia to deal with security suspects in the early 21st Century. But the SBS investigation has revealed theyve all been tried before - against migrants to Australia - not because of terrorism concerns, but because of their known or suspected political beliefs, mostly as Communists. "investigation on political discrimination of post war migrants
