smudgedj
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For those thinking of leaving for the Utopia of Australia make sure you live in the correct suburb
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...rom-Australia-for-living-in-wrong-suburb.html
George and Lana Breen, from Dundee in Scotland, had a visa which required them to live in a regional area but accidentally moved to a suburb which – they discovered – was deemed to be in a city. They have lived in Australia for five years but are due to be deported on March 7.
"We've made an awful lot of friends here and to be sent home I think it's a bit of a disgrace", Mr Breen, a bricklayer, told Channel Seven.
The couple, who live in a suburb south of the city of Brisbane, discovered they were living in the wrong zone under immigration laws when they applied for permanent residency two years ago. They received their visa under a government scheme to lure migrants to regional areas.
But Mr and Mrs Breen moved to the suburb of Calamvale, 2.49 miles from Browns Plains, where they were supposed to live.
A spokesman for the Immigration Department said: "Their particular visa applies to those working and residing in regional Australia and of course regional Australia is determined in our case by postcodes".
Mrs Breen, a disability care worker, said the couple moved to the wrong place accidentally and had been unable to find a home in their selected area.
"When we heard from the Immigration that we'd broken the conditions of the visa we were shattered", she said.
The couple reportedly lost an appeal to the Migration Review Tribunal and are due to be deported to Britain on March 7.
"We work hard, we've put in a lot of money, we've set up home here, we've got vehicles and this is home", said Mr Breen.
Ian Mulvey, whose disabled son has been cared for by Mrs Breen for three years, told Channel Seven: "She's just made a significant difference to his life. The Australian adage, give someone a fair go, that just got blown out of the water with all this."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...rom-Australia-for-living-in-wrong-suburb.html
George and Lana Breen, from Dundee in Scotland, had a visa which required them to live in a regional area but accidentally moved to a suburb which – they discovered – was deemed to be in a city. They have lived in Australia for five years but are due to be deported on March 7.
"We've made an awful lot of friends here and to be sent home I think it's a bit of a disgrace", Mr Breen, a bricklayer, told Channel Seven.
The couple, who live in a suburb south of the city of Brisbane, discovered they were living in the wrong zone under immigration laws when they applied for permanent residency two years ago. They received their visa under a government scheme to lure migrants to regional areas.
But Mr and Mrs Breen moved to the suburb of Calamvale, 2.49 miles from Browns Plains, where they were supposed to live.
A spokesman for the Immigration Department said: "Their particular visa applies to those working and residing in regional Australia and of course regional Australia is determined in our case by postcodes".
Mrs Breen, a disability care worker, said the couple moved to the wrong place accidentally and had been unable to find a home in their selected area.
"When we heard from the Immigration that we'd broken the conditions of the visa we were shattered", she said.
The couple reportedly lost an appeal to the Migration Review Tribunal and are due to be deported to Britain on March 7.
"We work hard, we've put in a lot of money, we've set up home here, we've got vehicles and this is home", said Mr Breen.
Ian Mulvey, whose disabled son has been cared for by Mrs Breen for three years, told Channel Seven: "She's just made a significant difference to his life. The Australian adage, give someone a fair go, that just got blown out of the water with all this."