‘A chance to prove ourselves’: Australia’s hardline deportation policy leaves no room for second chances

Mystery Sixtus was deported alone to NZ as a teenager and separated from family, one of the increasing number of non-citizens removed under the Migration Act

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Mystery “Missy” Sixtus was just seven when she moved to Australia, too young to know about becoming an Australian citizen. When she was a teenager, she started hanging around a rough crowd.

“I screwed up,” Sixtus says. “I started to get into trouble.”

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