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Amnesty For Illegal Aliens: The Australian Experience

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This study indicates that the three amnesties granted by Australia did not remove the presence of illegal aliens nor end the movement of persons into Australia who would become illegal residents. Instead, amnesty encouraged the growth of an illegal alien population. Some persons who were unable to get an immigrant visa decided to come to Australia and remain as an illegal alien living anonymously within an ethnic community. Illegal aliens expected that pressures from the ir ethnic communities would compel the government to grant another amnesty. Amnesty appears only to be a temporary expedient used by the government to appear humane and to relieve pressures from nonethnic Australians who want to end the presence of illegals and from ethnic communities who want their coethnics legalized. Amnesty turns out not to be a long‐term solution to the existence of an illegal alien problem.

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  • Colbert Rhodes, 1986. "Amnesty For Illegal Aliens: The Australian Experience," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 5(3), pages 566-581, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:5:y:1986:i:3:p:566-581
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1986.tb00430.x
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