The Australian government is now looking to ban its convicted paedophiles from leaving the country, as most of these Paedophiles go to South-East Asia and harm vulnerable kids.
Paedophiles from Australia have been known to visit countries like the Philipines, Vietnam, Cambodia and other South-East Asia country to exploit poor kids by either tricking to help them learn English Language, or gained the trust of the kids by supporting their families, and in turn violate the kids.
The new legislation that is looking to pass into parliament soon will allow the government cancel the passport of 20,000 convicted paedophiles on the national child sex offender register, foreign minister Julie Bishop, said.
Around 800 convicted paedophiles on the national sex offender register was said to have travelled last year alone, and half of them went to different countries in the South-East Asia region.
While speaking to reporters, Bishop said;
There has been increasing community concern about sexual exploitation of vulnerable children and community concern is justified. There will be new legislation which will make Australia a world leader in protecting vulnerable children in our region from child sex tourism.
The register also 3,200 serious offenders who will be banned from travelling for life. Less serious offenders who had complied with the rules and regulation would then again be eligible for their passport renewed.
Independent Senator Derryn Hinch, who was also molested a kid, and had gone to jail for name shaming Paedophiles on radio broadcast took credit for the new government initiative. Hinch said he never knew that Paedophiles were allowed to leave the country until he got a letter from Australian actress and children's rights campaigner Rachel Griffiths after he was elected senator last year.
Hinch was also involved in drafting the new legislation, and he said that the new legislation would allow temporary passport to be granted to paedophiles who needs to travel abroad for business and family reasons. Hinch said;
This will not apply to a teenager who has been caught sexting to his 15-year-old girlfriend," said Hinch, referring to sexual phone communications. I know sometimes, I think unfairly, they go on registers, but we're trying to work it out so they don't.
