Australia likely to introduce new law for migrants

SYDNEY: The Australian Government intends to table a new bill into the federal parliament on checking people's 'lived behaviour' when they apply for migration to Australia. Michael Pezzullo, the Home Affairs Secretary to Australian immigration department said this while talking to a local media. He said that the coalition government intends to make a new immigration law through which enough data will be collected using intelligence sources on migration applicants about their living behaviour in their countries. Pezzullo said new migration applicants will be assessed using range of 'data sources' to check whether would-be migrants were likely to 'conform with and live by Australian values' by analysing their 'lived behaviour’. 'There will be three assessment points; before they get here, while they are here, and when they apply for Australian citizenship,' Pezzullo said. Alan Tudge, Minister for Citizenship has also said that the government wanted to move to a model of 'ongoing assessment' of migrants before they apply for citizenship. The opposition, Labor Party, condemned the intended new assessment plan for new migrants. The opposition senator Doug Cameron accused the government of using coded messaging and dog-whistle politics. Cameron said that the present government would use and make whatever measures they can against the new refugees and potential migrants to Australia to stop them to coming to Australia. — PR