Here is one for our folks at Homeland Security to watch out for, especially as our missing youths might return someday. Somalis with Australian passports ‘lose’ them while visiting elsewhere…..
Somalis are getting into Australia through “miraculously” lost passports in Malaysia, a Liberal MP has told federal parliament.
Jason Wood, a former Victorian police officer, said he would formally raise the issue with Home Affairs Minister Bob Debus.
Mr Wood said a number of people of Somalian descent holding Australian passports had gone to Malaysia, which had no visa requirements with Somalia.
“What happens there is that they miraculously lose their Australian passports and then a similar looking person gets possession of their passport, and it is still not reported as stolen,” he said.
“The person who now has the stolen passport arrives back into Australia and gets through customs.
“My enquiries show that the normal process, which happens after two or three days, is that the person applies for refugee status to get all the benefits.
“The person of Somalian origin who had the Australian passport issued then reports the passport stolen in Malaysia.
And, presumably then gets back into Australia too!