Father-of-seven with Australian passport to be deported

Exclusive Investigation: Edward McHugh has lived in Australia for more than 40 years but now faces deportation after a recent conviction, despite owning an Australian passport.

“ทันทีที่ทางกระทรวงฯ ยืนยันว่าบุคคลใดก็ตามนั้นไม่ใช่ (หรือไม่ได้ถือ) สัญชาติออสเตรเลียอีกต่อไป หนังสือเดินทางออสเตรเลียซึ่งบุคคลนั้นครอบครองอยู่ก็จะถูกยกเลิก" Source: SBS News

Adopted by a Queensland family at the age of six and later granted an Australian passport, Edward McHugh never thought he was anything but Australian.

But the 50-year-old, who was born in the Cook Islands, now faces deportation and being torn apart from his seven children, after the Australian government revoked his passport and told him he was in fact never a citizen.

You can read the full version of this story in English on SBS News here.