A 93 year-old great grandmother could be deported after living in Australia for 11 years.
Mollie Manley, originally from Somerset in England, has failed Australia’s permanent visa requirements on health grounds following a recent potentially fatal health scare, and may have to return to the UK where she has no remaining relatives.
The government’s immigration health criteria dictates an applicant for permanent residency must be free from a disease or condition which “would be likely to require health care or community services” and result in more than $40 000 in costs.