An independent investigation ( headed by former Victorian Police Commissioner , Neil Comrie) has revealed that Australian immigration department officials wrongfully deported the Australian citizen Vivian Solon to the Philipines. Ms Solon was deported in March 2001 despite being severly injured after an accident (just before she was found), while her child waited to be picked up from school . The mistake was not officially recognised until April 2005. This incident is on top of the illegal detention of Cornelia Rau, an Australian citizen who was accidentally imprisoned in a detention centre when the immigration department suspected her of being an illegal immigrant. The report indicates that 20 other Australian citizens have also been falsely imprisoned by the immigration department.
An independent investigation , headed by former Victorian Police Commissioner Neil Comrie, has revealed that Australian immigration department officials wrongfully deported the Australian citizen Vivian Solon to the Philipines. Ms Solon was deported in March 2001 , after falling under suspicion as an illegal immigrant while she was in hospital after an accident. She was still in poor health when she was deported, and her five year old son was left behind in foster care . The mistake was not officially recognised until April 2005. This incident is one of a number of immigration controversies that have occurred in Australia. Cornelia Rau, an Australian citizen , was accidentally imprisoned in a detention centre when the immigration department suspected her of being an illegal immigrant. The report indicates that 20 other Australian citizens have also been unjustly imprisoned by the immigration department.
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