Guest The Pom Queen Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 I’m sorry but I still feel if they fail the character test then they should be sent back. The hardest thing for the father-of-three is being away from his children. An 'Australian' man locked up in an immigration detention centre faces the prospect of being deported to a country he's only lived in for less than 13 months as a baby. Christian Feetham, a resident of Apollo Bay, Victoria, has been held at different detention centres across Melbourne since April after being arrested by Border Force authorities in Geelong because of his shaky criminal history. The 42-year-old was born in Read the full story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndoe Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Something not right there in the news story. He was prison till 2014 and only been in detention for the last 6 months? So why was he picked up so long after being released from prison? Has he re-offended? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gbye grey sky Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Presumably his parents were not Australian citizens then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisawright Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 19 minutes ago, Gbye grey sky said: Presumably his parents were not Australian citizens then? Sounds like none of them bothered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip1 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 His kids wouldn't be without their father, surely the family can all move back to NZ if being together is the most important thing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip1 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 3 hours ago, Johndoe said: Something not right there in the news story. He was prison till 2014 and only been in detention for the last 6 months? So why was he picked up so long after being released from prison? Has he re-offended? Good point 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 27 minutes ago, Tulip1 said: His kids wouldn't be without their father, surely the family can all move back to NZ if being together is the most important thing That's what I was thinking. Wondering if his criminal history is more substantial than what's been printed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetBlast Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 If he isn't a citizen how can he be an "Australian Dad"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 12 minutes ago, JetBlast said: If he isn't a citizen how can he be an "Australian Dad"? Very true, they could have said an Australian’s Dad, if the children were classed as citizens. I also notice in the article they say his “Aussie parents....” but then go on to say they never took Citizenship. So really they are not Australian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 3 hours ago, Tulip1 said: His kids wouldn't be without their father, surely the family can all move back to NZ if being together is the most important thing @Tulip1 well from his criminal past it sounds like he hasn’t been around anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 6 hours ago, Johndoe said: Something not right there in the news story. He was prison till 2014 and only been in detention for the last 6 months? So why was he picked up so long after being released from prison? Has he re-offended? A lot of the article doesn’t make sense but then the media only pick things out they think will make a good story, often missing the truth in the process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 3 hours ago, JetBlast said: If he isn't a citizen how can he be an "Australian Dad"? Exactly. He's not, he's a Kiwi dad with an ozzie criminal history which includes assault. For that he can be deported to New Zealand, If the family are ozzies they can move over there to live with him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulya Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 12 hours ago, Nemesis said: Exactly. He's not, he's a Kiwi dad with an ozzie criminal history which includes assault. For that he can be deported to New Zealand, If the family are ozzies they can move over there to live with him. That’s cruelty expecting them to move to Blighty. Not a very pleasant solution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unzippy Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 13 hours ago, Nemesis said: Exactly. He's not, he's a Kiwi dad with an ozzie criminal history which includes assault. For that he can be deported to New Zealand, If the family are ozzies they can move over there to live with him. 1 hour ago, Bulya said: That’s cruelty expecting them to move to Blighty. Not a very pleasant solution What are you on about Bulya? Read the post again. Carefully this time. So keen to slag off England you have managed to make a fool of yourself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welljock Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 17 hours ago, The Pom Queen said: Very true, they could have said an Australian’s Dad, if the children were classed as citizens. I also notice in the article they say his “Aussie parents....” but then go on to say they never took Citizenship. So really they are not Australian. I read it to say that they are Australian but living in NZ when he was born but they never applied for Citizenship for him when they returned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gbye grey sky Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 3 minutes ago, welljock said: I read it to say that they are Australian but living in NZ when he was born but they never applied for Citizenship for him when they returned If his parents were Australian citizens temporarily working in New Zealand at the time he was born would he not just qualify for citizenship by descent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welljock Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 1 minute ago, Gbye grey sky said: If his parents were Australian citizens temporarily working in New Zealand at the time he was born would he not just qualify for citizenship by descent? I don't know, but "The 42-year-old was born in New Zealand while his Aussie parents spent a short stint working overseas in the 1970s. The family moved back to Victoria when he was 13 months old." seems clear they are Australian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 9 hours ago, welljock said: I don't know, but "The 42-year-old was born in New Zealand while his Aussie parents spent a short stint working overseas in the 1970s. The family moved back to Victoria when he was 13 months old." seems clear they are Australian. Not necessarily - the article calls him an "Aussie" when he probably isn't, how do we know his parents were "Aussies" - they may have been from outside of oz and never taken citizenship themselves. One would like to hope that if he qualified for citizenship by descent, his lawyers would've pointed that out to him....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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