John Howard, who oversaw the beginning of Australia's twenty-year military involvement in Afghanistan, said the nation had a 'moral obligation' to help Afghan interpreters.
John Howard, who oversaw the beginning of Australia's twenty-year military involvement in Afghanistan, said the nation had a"moral obligation" to help Afghan interpreters.
“We have let those people down and we haven’t discharged that [moral] obligation. I felt very strongly about that,” Mr Howard told the National Press Club. Priority is being given to Afghans who assisted Australian troops and agencies during the conflict as well as their families.Of those applications, just 57 per cent have been registered within the department.At the time, Immigration Minister Andrew Giles described the backlog as "overwhelming" in an exclusive interview with SBS News.
Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil said the department is working to remedy the backlog, which she said had grown to more than one million visa applications under the former Coalition government.
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