Hoang, KhanhCarrington, KerryHogg, RussellScott, JohnSozzo, Máximo2025-04-162025-04-16Hoang, K. (2018). The Rise of Crimmigration in Australia: Importing Laws and Exporting Lives. In: Carrington, K., Hogg, R., Scott, J., Sozzo, M. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Criminology and the Global South. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65021-0_389783319650210https://hdl.handle.net/1885/733748311This chapter traces the rise of an aspect of crimmigration the entwining of criminal and migration laws in Australia: the removal of non-citizens on 'character' grounds. Changes to laws and policies in 2014-2015 have increased powers for the identification and removal of non-citizens who engage in, or are suspected of engaging in, criminal conduct. The Australian Government has argued that the new laws are necessary to remove individuals who are deemed a 'risk' to public safety. This chapter questions this risk management approach. Drawing upon the experience of the United States, and through a case study of the effect of the new regime on New Zealand permanent residents, I argue that this approach is akin to using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.application/pdfen-AU© 2018 The Author(s)2018-01-1310.1007/978-3-319-65021-0_382023-12-24