British grandmother 'will not be deported from australia'

Gladys Jefferson moved to Tasmania on a tourist visa from the Isle of Wight to be with her daughter, Bridget Grigg, after her memory began to fail 12 months ago.

But she was recently told that her application for a "contributory parent" visa, which allows parents to join their children in Australia provided they can support themselves financially, had been rejected.

Mrs Jefferson and her family believed she was about to be kicked out of the country. Mrs Grigg said that if her mother was deported she would have to sell her business and leave her own children to look after Mrs Jefferson in Britain.

However, Chris Bowen, the immigration minister, has said that is not the case.

Source: Telegraph.co.uk