Demonstrators from across the country have turned up at Parliament House demanding the federal government provide permanent living options for refugees who have fled Afghanistan:
Source:Demonstrators from across the country have turned up at Parliament House demanding the federal government provide permanent living options for refugees who have fled Afghanistan.
"We're here today to call on the Australian government to provide a pathway for people to call Australia, the beautiful country, their home country, but also to allow them to sponsor our families because our families are living at great risk in Afghanistan," he told SBS News. "We have to keep living with our memories and what happened to our country because we have to keep [applying for visa applications]," he said.
The federal government reassured refugees they will not be deported to Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban's takeover of Kabul in August 2021. Among other restrictive living conditions in Australia, temporary protection visa holders are unable to sponsor their family members whose lives are at risk overseas.Anna Henderson/SBS News
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