Deportation is the same thing: you are barred for good from reentering the country.

What’s not to understand? Alex Vella is not an Australian citizen.

Every state has the right to bar entry to whomsoever it pleases, without the need to justify the decision.

That’s one of the main reasons why there are passports, visas and border controls.

There is no such thing as the right to enter territory of which you are not a citizen.

The exception is the European Union, which gives citizens of its member states the right to move freely in other member states.

When you are denied a visa to a country, you are effectively being denied entry. The country in question is not obliged to tell you why or to justify its decision, and you have no right to challenge it.

The basis of Alex Vella’s challenge was not his right to enter Australia, but his right to regain access to his home, business and family there.

Australia denies people entry routinely. That is the basis of its pushbacks of boat people.

If they do not have any proof then this is wrong as this would mean that the state is becoming judge and jury without any hard evidence.

I’m not sticking up for this person but I don’t think its the right way to do things. It smacks of underhandedness and laziness from the authorities.

He will have a great following of at least 52% of the population.

It’s a pity he is Maltese already; we would have made 650K off him like we did with all the other c*@#ks.

Maybe we should encourage him to bring his money to Malta, it should not be a problem using the MF or NZ method now.

If he’s optimistic about it, he will surely fit in. We can also get him back into Australia as high commissioner; he is so popular there already.

And meanwhile, he can meet up with John Dalli and compare notes about how foreign governments are conspiring against them.

They might well be genetically connected. Anglu Farrugia is from Mosta.

Spotted him yesterday, all tricked out in his leather ‘n badges, his steel horse rumblin’, ridin’ the wind, that is to say, negotiating the Birkirkara traffic.

Rebel riding is one of those things, like lingerie shows, which look cool elsewhere, but which in Malta make one look like a complete tosser.