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Deportation for driving without a license
Australia’s ‘deportation laws’ laws target non-citizens with a 'substantial criminal record'. The ABC has discovered that the strict law has been applied to a father of five including a newborn, for driving without a license.
A Lebanese-born Sydney man with five children has spent most part of last year in detention awaiting deportation for driving without a licence according to an ABC report.
Fouad Arja moved to Sydney in 2010, married an Australian woman, and was given permanent residency last year. His wife Laila Ismail told the ABC that on three occasions, he made a stupid decision and drove without holding an Australian licence. He was caught, convicted and given a 12 month suspended sentence.
This was effectively enough to trigger deportation proceedings against him regardless of his family circumstances. After serving four months of the 12-month suspended sentence, Mr Arja wasn't able to return to his wife and children - instead he was taken into immigration detention, reports the ABC.
His Lawyer, Willem Oostdyck told the ABC that the Government should not be applying the law so broadly and should be dealing with such matters on a case-by-case basis particularly considering the impact on the family.
“The impact on the family is quite severe; the Government is breaching the Conventional Rights of the Child. The convention very clearly states, Article three states, that you know, the child has a right to a parent or parents, a father and a mother. And by you know implementing this very heavy-handed Section 501, the convention is breached and the children are going to be impacted and the father is going to be impacted” said Mr Oostdyck.
Mr Oostdyck says Fouad Arja's family only has one avenue for appeal, and that's to take the case to the High Court.
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Friday, 15 January 2016Jo your comments are racist.
I have reported your comments to the NSW Police for hate speech.
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Thursday, 29 October 2015
We all know how many times the person in the question been actually driving on the road without a licence if been caught for three times.
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Thursday, 14 January 2016
His wife tells us he drove unlicensed and uninsured because he had no other way of getting to work. That suggests he put the lives of Australian road users at risk at least 10 journeys per week...500 times per year.
Amazing he was only caught 3 times if that claim is true. -
Thursday, 14 January 2016
Hi Jo,
You write this like your totally shocked, however having a license suspended or driving unlicensed does not necessarily mean you are a bad driver or a risk to others.
Please do not make stupid assumptions.
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Thursday, 14 January 2016
Driving while unlicensed very much puts others at risk. Unlicensed drivers have the benefit of no insurance whatsoever. Anyone they hit has their life turned upside down trying to rectify the damage caused by such a criminal!
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Friday, 15 January 2016
Jo,
I be your one of those drivers who uses their mobile phone whilst driving.
Don't be a hypocrite.
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What a rude little man you are Abdul. That Lebanon is a hole of a place makes it no different to any Muslim country. You might notice the large number of little Abduls leaving Muslim countries for civilised ones. I don't see many people migrating in the other direction....funny that.
This guy is Lebanese and clearly suited to the lawless slum that is Lebanon.