Deporting an asylum-seeker convicted of pedophilia takes somewhat longer than one might think. Seven years after fondling the breasts of a 10-year-old girl he met in a lift at a train station, kissing her on the neck and telling her he loved her, an Iranian who arrived under Labor’s open-borders policy is still in Sydney. Thankfully, a ministerial decision that he was not of good character was upheld last Friday by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. All is not lost, however, for TCBK, as he is referred to in official documents. He can still appeal to the Federal Court and delay a plane trip back to Tehran. Today’s biggest border challenge is not stopping illegal migrants entering. It’s the industry of bureaucrats, lawyers and grinning do-gooders who are stopping them getting out. More than 16,000 refugee cases more or less hopeless than that of the Persian predator are under review by the AAT, twice as many as two years ago. Another 40,000 who have been refused other visas are clogging the appeals process. The average period between lodgement and judgment for asylum appeals has blown out from 11 months in June 2017 to 29 months today. Applicants are automatically granted a bridging visa allowing them to live and work in the community.
Migrant Pedophiles Part 5
