Australia plans to deport Ian Whiteman, who has lived in Australia since he was one year old, to a country he hardly knows.

This because of a crime that caused no damage but is considered "serious".

Deportation of criminals is justified, sometimes, but not in a cruel and mindless fashion. A person whose only family ties are in Australia, and who could easily have become a citizen, should not be deported if not likely to be a repeat criminal or if some other country is not "home".

Stopping his parents from visiting him is cruel also.

Several people will be deported to New Zealand because of membership in an arbitrarily banned motorcycle club.