Migration agents are the new human traffickers
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If you want a textbook example of how Australia’s migration system is routinely rorted, look no further than the following video from a migration agent instructing rejected student visa holders how to appeal their decisions to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT):
Australian Government: “We’re cutting the number of foreign students.”
Migration agents: “LOL, LMAO” pic.twitter.com/ygNNFecMiz
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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.