Australia's Department of Immigration and Citizenship has revoked over 10,000 student visas in the last financial year. The majority of these visas were cancelled because students failed to comply with the requirements of their courses.
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The opening of Australia's detention centre on Nauru has failed to stop asylum seekers from making the dangerous sea voyage towards Australian waters. The Australian government announced that it was to reopen the Nauru detention centre in August 2012. The first inmates were sent there on 14th September 2012. On 26th September 2012, a group of 16 Sri Lankan men chose to return to Sri Lanka rather than be transported to Nauru where they might have remained for many months while their asylum applications were processed.
Australian politicians have questioned the validity of asylum claims made by Sri Lankan nationals after 16 Sri Lankan nationals held on Christmas Island were sent back to Sri Lanka at their own request rather than be sent to Nauru while their asylum claims are processed.
Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard attended the first Australian Multicultural Council lecture in Canberra on Wednesday 19th September 2012 and gave a speech in which she said that immigrants to Australia have a duty to abide by the law and to learn English. Ms Gillard spoke before the main speaker, Frank Lowy, the founder and chairman of the Westfield shopping mall group.
The Australian government has said that it will continue to enter into controversial Enterprise Migration Agreements with mining companies despite a slowdown in the economy and growing union opposition.
The Australian government is expected to fly the first planeload of asylum seekers to the Pacific Island of Nauru within 24 hours but there is growing controversy regarding the rights that those transported will enjoy while there. Two days ago, Nauru's foreign minister Kieren Keke told Australian broadcaster ABC that it was his understanding that the internees would be given access to legal advice and support and that, initially, they would be held under Australian jurisdiction.