AUSTRALIA DEVELOPS SPECIAL VISA FOR PALESTINIANS
August 3, 2024Palestinian refugees will be able to call Australia home rather than being forced to return, in a major Albanese government move to deal with the Gaza crisis as the opposition hardens its support for Israel and warns of risks posed by refugees.
Senior federal government sources, who asked to remain anonymous as the policy was being finalised, revealed a new special visa pathway would be created for Palestinians in a move set to re-energise the political feud over Labor’s handling of the conflict.
It follows months of lobbying by advocates who say those fleeing Gaza have struggled to put food on the table because the temporary visitor visas they were granted prevent them from working or accessing Medicare.
Labor is working on the details of the humanitarian push as Opposition Leader, Peter Dutton, affirmed the Coalition’s support for Israel in a meeting with its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who is under pressure from Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand to end the war.
Dutton’s trip widened the gulf in attitudes over the war between the Coalition and Labor, which recently called in the Israeli ambassador to warn of the consequences of a war with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.
The special visa class is due to be one of the first announcements by new Immigration and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke.
BRAVO to all those who pushed for this necessary move!!
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