Senator Evans told an upper house committee today there had been a big increase in ministerial intervention in migration decisions during the Howard government.
Section 501 of the Migration Act allows the minister to cancel or refuse a person a visa on character grounds.
This was the section used by former immigration minister Kevin Andrews to revoke the visa of Dr Mohamed Haneef, after the former Gold Coast hospital registrar was granted bail on a terrorism charge which was later dropped.
Senator Evans said ministerial intervention in individual migration cases had become the norm in recent years and, in some cases, people had no appeal rights.
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