Immigration minister Andrew Giles announced in the first week of June that he will be deporting non-citizens.

Like most recent immigration ministers, he’s starting to look a little jaundiced due to the inhumanity the position requires.

The only one who seems to have flourished in the job is Scott Morrison.

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He was not only the architect of Operation Sovereign Borders, but he initiated “reforms” in late 2014 that led to the mass deportation of residents.

When Giles assumed the office, the Coalition had just deported more than 7000 non-citizens, including close to 3000 New Zealand-born residents.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had promised New Zealand he would implement a modest plan.

But Giles has now reversed last year’s reforms, under pressure from the Coalition which ran campaign saying they were “too lenient” on long-term residents and non-citizens. The charge of leniency came after their ties to the country were taken into consideration.

Some cancelled visas, however, have been restored.

Giles signed Direction 110 on June 7. Ministerial directions inform departmental officials, under section 499 of the Migration Act 1958, on what they have to........

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