Government allows South Korean family to stay in Australia
A Melbourne based South Korean family of five due to be deported have been granted the right to stay in Australia, following a last minute government intervention
An SBS report said the Lee family have lived in Australia for nine years and were due to be deported to South Korea next month.
The family who had moved to Australia in 2008 had been a victim of a scam losing $100,000 to a migration agent who later fled the country. Their ordeal prompted a campaign from the local community, who set up a petition calling for them to be allowed to stay. They also received support from their local Catholic community, with the Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne Denis Hart lobbying the government on their behalf.
