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"Senator Malcolm Roberts claims One Nation wants to deport at least 200,000
people and has repeatedly referred to the far-right concept of “remigration” in
podcast interviews and speeches to niche platforms.
In two recent podcasts, Roberts said One Nation wanted to deport 100,000
temporary residents as well as 100,000 international students – a total much
higher than the party’s published policy. The senator said after those people
were removed, he wanted to “start working on the higher numbers of people we
need to get rid of”.
One Nation’s policy website states the party would seek to “deport 75,000
illegal migrants”, specifically noting “visa overstayers, illegal workers, and
unlawful non-residents”. The website also pledges to “end the student visa
loopholes that turn study into a backdoor to permanent residency or low-wage
labour”.
But Roberts, in an interview with the
2 Worlds Collide podcast in November
2025, suggested One Nation wanted to deport or “remigrate” a far higher number.
“We would also deport immediately anybody who’s here illegally, and that’s
100,000 people now … on contravention of their resident visas. That’s 100,000
we would deport, remigrate. Call it what you want. Get rid of them straight
away,” he said.
“Then we’ve got about an estimated 100,000 international students who are here
illegally. They’ve either graduated and not gone home or they’ve breached their
legal visa. So we would send them home.”
In another interview with podcaster Brodie Buchal, published in June, Roberts
repeated those sentiments.
“We have 100,000 people here on temporary resident visas illegally. We would
deport them, remigrate them, send them home,” he said.
“We’ve got 100,000 students who are here illegally, and we suspect it’s much,
much more. Send them home.”
“We’d tighten the entry requirements, remigrate, deport, and then start working
on the higher numbers of people we need to get rid of.”
One Nation was contacted for comment and clarification of its deportation
policy."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
