People with little or no money traveling

I think each country has its own set of unemployed people. Unemployed contribute to the nation's poverty. Poor eventually frustrate and may take to arms and other crimes. So it is necessary to keep those numbers as low as possible so that if need be, the government can help to sustain them from the taxes it mops up. When people go to other countries, it should essentially be for the purpose of visiting and having a look around, knowing what others are doing, and what they are doing better than us. It may also mean teaching them something that they were not aware of. Of course enjoying their culture, and their natural surrounding is part of that. But going to other countries for jobs is not fair I think. That is because it denies local people of jobs. Think about it..the cost of living in India is low, we know how to manage with less because that is what we've been doing since childhood. We are also overpopulated so we tend to be competitive. So when we go abroad, we are happy enough to offer better quality services at cheaper rate. Obviously, local people cannot match up to those standards. So local people will be left out! Not fair na?

It's too sad. They don't appreciate people who come to their country, at the Australian govt gave him a few day more to stay than sent him home away. We know Australia is trying to protect their country from illegal worker no matter who they came from. Australia became a sought destination area for the working holiday visa from every where in the world, because the job is very diverse there.

I think that would have been the fair thing to do...I wonder why they didn't? If he wasn't a threat then by all means let him vacation there.

Yes my friend maximas the Australian should give the Irish man visitors visa. Like the Vietnamese many Asian people are going to Australia in search of job. Australia is very near to Asia and economically in better condition. So the poor people go there. I think the Australian authority should take liberal policy about the Asian immigrants.

I think this is a common issue in the United States. There are lots of people coming to the country with a visitor's visa, and then they go into hiding. Then they use a fake social security number, or use someone else's number so they could start working. And then they just wait for the 'immigrant amnesty' to make their stay legal.

Poor irish man. Unfortunately for those people who were not allowed to enter Australia,they simple are protecting their country's interest too. I have a friend who is in Australia and he said the reason why there;s a lot of foreigner coming to Australia is because of the huge salary being offered by employers there.

If not the same show,I've seen another like it,going back and forward between the Customs and immigration Officers and their cases..I saw an English Guy who was flying in from Thailand,on a vague promise from a guy he'd met in a Thai Bar who said He'd meet him and get him a Job when he arrived..the only thing was the contact he was to meet had given no address or phone number,He only knew a name,and the Guy apparently was on the other side of Australia! The visitor got sent back to the UK.. Unfortunately for this Irish guy,his story wasn't convincing and He'd made a false declaration on his form..If he hadn't made use of a previous work visa,couldn't he have clarified this without becoming a suspect?

yes your right my friend, they should give a visitors visa instead of working visa,

Yes it would have been better to just change hsi visa to visitors visa or if he had proff he didn't work last time he could then work now this time. I guess it is hard to control what goes on but, then they have less problems because they keep a check on their borders better than we do here in the UK I reckon!

Illegal immigrants are in the news almost daily here. Boat loads turn up every week it seems trying to gain residency in Australia. They try to get here through illegal means so Australia has no choice but to turn them around or detain them. We cannot just allow these people to come in and live here. We do not have enough water to support a large population like most countries in Europe and Asia can. I agree with what you are saying about the Irish fellow though. Surely they could have let him stay on a tourist visa. Tourist numbers are way down at the moment with the Aussie dollar being so high, so we need al the tourists we can get. We should not be turning them away.

I think Australia have been control very tightly on the visitor who holding working holiday visa. I think sometime, it is quite unfair if one holding a working holiday visa and did not work on their first visit, and return the 2nd time with working holiday visa again but was disallowed to enter Australia. If the Irish man can proof that he did not work on his first visit, I think they will still allow him to enter Australia. But, one thing I am quite confused is how can the Irish man get his second working holiday visa approved if Australia not allow them to enter Australia with working holiday visa? I think Australia embassy also must have made some mistake over the issue.

Yes, we have an interesting history regarding immigration. I've just finished watching the SBS series "Immigration Nation". That was certainly an eye-opener as to how much we've had a complete policy reversal & its acceptance all in less than a life-time. We can actually accomodate much more than we are getting, which we have recently changed policies to allow much more. Ever since the late 1970's we have actually done a lot more towards immigration than we used to do & attitudes have also changed very quickly in that time, even if the rest of the world believes otherwise. I believe the law should be upheld in this regard & queue-jumpers should not be allowed ahead of those who have patiently waited for years to come here. How would you feel if this happened to you? I wonder if our immigration department was alerted to the change in the Irish man's situation? I feel he has been misleading towards the authorities & has therefore lost his opportunity. Rather than punish him here, we prefer to deport & are probably under international obligation to do so. I don't feel I know enough about the case in order to comment further on it. We should be tougher on criminals & especially on organized people-smuggling rings, which we are fully aware of & determind to break. The case regarding Vietnam was situation-specific & cannot really be lumped in with everything else to call Australia's immigration laws "unfair" or "inhumane". Cheap & illegal labour makes everyone here suffer.

Is it that programm: boarder security or so? I can imagine they are suspicious about (some) people. Many do go over to find a job. Seems they are not that smart either cause they always have so much prove with them why they know that person wants to work illegal. Anyway for the irish guy is hope. He can come over here and join the irish-trailer-families who are threatening old people and single women over here. By offering (more forcing) them to do some small jobs (and let you pay forever). Thanks to the bad economics I think many countries have a policy who to let in or not. And people in some countries already have a name if it comes to illegal working, scamming, hustling etc. No matter if you are one of them or not. I find it hard to understand too why he can't get a visitor visa. If you know and check where he is staying it must be possible to kick him out of the country if necessary. But this policy is everywhere in the world if they don't like you you won't get anything and have to stay out.