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28/07/2010Austria gets tough on asylum seekers abusing benefits

Austrian police have been tasked with tracking down asylum seekers accused of claiming benefits theyre not entitled to. The move has been criticized by human rights groups and contradicts government policy.



1 reaction to this article

Jim Steele posted: 2010-07-28 11:42:42

Rights groups in a tissy over crooks taking criminal advantage of a system.
Good on the Aussies. It's about time one cty took some action on this abuse. Don't just jail them, throw them out of Australia.
Perhaps the "rights groups" contain many of these cheats?

1 reaction to this article

Jim Steele posted: 2010-07-28 11:42:42

Rights groups in a tissy over crooks taking criminal advantage of a system.
Good on the Aussies. It's about time one cty took some action on this abuse. Don't just jail them, throw them out of Australia.
Perhaps the "rights groups" contain many of these cheats?

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