Green families allowed to stay in Australia host temporarily hours before deportation

They were scheduled to return to the UK at 10pm on Wednesday but did not board the plane.

The Green family moved to Australia in 2012 after 44-year-old electrical expert Mark Green was headhunted by a solar installation company.

Together with his wife Kelly, 45, and daughter Rebecca, who was just 9 when he arrived, the family started a new life in Adelaide.

The electrician said he made concerted efforts to obtain permanent residency and extend his existing visa, but the company he worked for went bankrupt and he lied about his immigration paperwork progress. and has been repeatedly thwarted.

Mr. Green is now on an expiring bridging visa.looked like they had will exhaust all options and be forced to leave home Heading to Scotland on Wednesday.

But the intervention of South Australian Prime Minister Peter Malinaukas appears to have put the Greens on a moratorium on immigration executions.

The prime minister called immigration minister Andrew Giles Wednesday night, who said thHe grants his family a visa extension, but only for one month.reported by an Australian.

Giles said this was so the family could consult a lawyer to see if there was a case to stay in Australia and under what circumstances.

The Greens say their situation is sufficiently similar to that of Murgapan, a Sri Lankan family detained on Christmas Island before being allowed to return to Biloela and be granted permanent residence, and should be allowed to stay. I plan to claim.

“If not, the minister should explain how to grant permanent residency to a married couple and their two young children who have entered Sri Lanka illegally, but not to families who have legally entered and are paying. We need to explain how to deny the same approval, said Frank Pangallo, SA Best Member of the Legislative Council who has backed the Greens.

“Greens are of excellent character and meet all the requirements of those seeking permanent residency in this country.

“We have never been a taxpayer burden.”

Pangelo said he suspected that the immigration minister had not seen the details of the case and that a full investigation would be necessary before the next deportation deadline, which is a month away.

Mr Green said the family “wants to stay in Australia”, a place where they have built their homes and “established their own future” over the past decade.

He added that his eligibility in the UK had expired because the family had no home in Scotland and had been in Australia for too long. I also had to leave it behind.

Mr Green said he was disappointed seven times by companies that dropped the ball after he began the process of allowing him to stay in Australia.

“Most of them (solar companies) have closed because of warranty issues. They don’t want to guarantee their products,” Green said. current affairs.

“It costs money in the end, so they close shop and open under a different name.”

Each time, Mr. Green was forced to start from scratch for three-year visa terms that cost thousands of dollars.

“As a foreign worker invited to Australia and let down by an Australian company, the government has a responsibility to protect me,” he said.

2GB Radio host Ben Fordham also compared the case to that of the Murgappan family in Sri Lanka.

“Don’t ignore double standards here. The minister is happy to show compassion when he has enough publicity to look like a hero.

“He steps in to help one family but allows another to be kicked out of Australia. It exposes the hypocrisy of the federal government and politics.”

first published as The Green family, who were due to be represented from Australia, were allowed to stay hours before the flight departed.