Australia deports foreign criminals in midst of virus travel bans

Sydney Australia has used a charter plane to deport 12 foreign-born criminals back to Italy and Britain in the midst of international Covid-19 travel restrictions, the government revealed on Thursday. Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said the criminals were loaded on to a chart

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Published 13 August 2020, 8:00 · Updated 21:29

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Australia deports foreign criminals in midst of virus travel bans

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Australia has used a charter plane to deport 12 foreign-born criminals back to Italy and Britain in the midst of international Covid-19 travel restrictions, the government revealed on Thursday. Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said the criminals were loaded on to a chartered flight on Wednesday afternoon, adding that the government was in the midst of a "significant push in cancelling the visas of paedophiles and sex offenders." "I honestly believe our country is safer for them not being here," Dutton told radio 2GB on Thursday.

Australia deports foreign criminals in midst of virus travel bans

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