Marie Dyhrberg: Lawyer on the decreasing number of 501 deportations from Australia

Published: Nov. 13, 2023, 6:48 p.m.

A criminal defence lawyer thinks common sense has prevailed as deportations from Australia plummet.\xa0

New Zealand Police data shows an average of 18 people a month have been deported to New Zealand in the past year.\xa0

It's a decrease from a high of just under 44 in mid 2018.\xa0

Lawyer Marie Dyhrberg told Mike Hosking that it's had a dreadful impact on a lot of people.\xa0

She says people can be considered as having socially undesirable connections to a group, even without a criminal record.\xa0

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