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November 7th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
UPDATE 4pm: HUNDREDS of 17-year-old girls have been brought to Australia to get married under a government visa program.
Australian law allows minors to wed only in strictly controlled circumstances, with court approval.
Child safety campaigners are demanding an immediate inquiry.
Today the federal Opposition backed the push by demanding an investigation into an alleged visa racket involving teenage immigrant girls marrying older men.
Opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison urged Immigration Minister Chris Bowen to investigate, saying the figures raised concerns.
“Alarm bells should certainly ring and what I want to know is have those alarm bells been ringing, have these applications been properly interrogated?” Mr Morrison said in Sydney.
“He (Mr Bowen) should be investigating this issue thoroughly and give a full explanation about the administration of this program, regarding the giving of visas to girls under the age of 18 being brought to Australia under the suggestion of some sort of marriage racket.”
Mr Morrison said a coalition government would launch an inquiry into the entire family visa program to ensure its integrity.
Figures released to the Herald Sun show more than 200 17-year-old girls have been granted prospective spouse visas over the past five years. Most are from the Middle East or South-East Asia.
One 17-year-old from Thailand was brought out by a 57-year-old man. An Iraqi 17-year-old girl was sponsored by a 50-year-old.
More than 100 17-year-olds from Lebanon alone, sponsored by men aged from 19 to 37, have been granted visas. Under visa conditions, they must wed their sponsor within nine months.
In one case, a year 10 Lebanese girl sought protection after she arrived on a prospective spouse visa for an arranged marriage to a man decades her senior.
She found he was a violent drunk who kept a previous wife and three children in an adjoining townhouse.
She was granted a protection visa after her own family threatened to kill her.
“She will be slaughter and killed,” the girl’s family said in a letter.
“By God, by God I will kill you at the airport and I will bury you in the grave. O you dog.”
Hundreds more 18, 19, and 20-year-old women have been sponsored by older men.
The Australian Childhood Foundation’s Joe Tucci said the figures were shocking and called for an urgent inquiry.
“A thorough audit needs to be done to ensure these children are safe. Is this a program the Australian community really supports? This program seems to enable men to groom children and place them in a very vulnerable position,” he said.
“On the one hand, Australia is doing a lot to stop sex tourism.
“But then you see figures like this, and you have to question what is going on.”
Child safety researcher Dr Chris Goddard said the figures were extremely disturbing and joined the call for an inquiry.
“The policy makes a mockery of local marriage laws,” he said.
“What interviews are done with the young people? We need a review of safeguards and a genuine discussion about what is an acceptable age difference.”
An Immigration Department spokesman defended the visa program: “Applicants … must meet a range of criteria … including being able to demonstrate they are in a genuine … relationship with their sponsoring partner.”
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