The rise of crimmigration in Australia: Importing laws and exporting lives

Khanh Hoang

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-65021-0_38

The rise of crimmigration in Australia: Importing laws and exporting lives

Khanh Hoang^*

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This chapter traces the rise of an aspect of crimmigration—the entwining of criminal and migration laws—in Australia: the removal of non-citizens on ‘character’ grounds. Changes to laws and policies in 2014–2015 have increased powers for the identification and removal of non-citizens who engage in, or are suspected of engaging in, criminal conduct. The Australian Government has argued that the new laws are necessary to remove individuals who are deemed a ‘risk’ to public safety. This chapter questions this risk management approach. Drawing upon the experience of the United States, and through a case study of the effect of the new regime on New Zealand permanent residents, I argue that this approach is akin to using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Palgrave Handbook of Criminology and the Global South
Publisher	Springer International Publishing Switzerland
Pages	797-817
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319650210
ISBN (Print)	9783319650203
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65021-0_38
Publication status	Published - 12 Jan 2018

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