Ruth Halbert

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For the 187th man on Manus Island

Dear Prime Minister,

On behalf of all immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers and citizens of Australia I am afraid of the increasing power that has been given to the Immigration Minister. The minister can cancel non-citizens' visas for numerous trivial reason and without any proof of wrongdoing (in 2015-2016, the Immigration minister Peter Dutton cancelled 983 visas on character grounds). It has been reported that your government wants to expand these powers to punish non-citizens further. Our democracy is threatened when unchecked power can be exercised by an individual. When will you remove these powers from Minister Dutton and restore fairness and justice to our system of immigration?