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‘Forgotten’ plea for better life – by Cam Lucadou-Wells Kumaran and Kulali with their toddler Kuyili. 393752_04 Picture: GARY SISSONS Source : dandenong Asylum seekers remain in limbo despite the Federal Government’s ‘fast-tracked’ permanent visa pathway introduced last year. Dandenong-based Tamil couple Kumaran and Kulali fled from civil war in Sri Lanka after Kumaran and his friends were shot by security forces in the island’s north. Bullets remain in Kumaran’s body but he survived. His friends perished. Now with a toddler Kuyili, the couple’s claim for a safe haven in Australia has stalled for 12 years despite their insistence that it’s not safe for them to return. “He thought Australia was a democratic country and would help them,” refugee advocate Wicki Wickiramasingham says. “But it is going very, very badly.” In February 2023, the Federal Government announced fast-tracked Resolution of Status visas for refugees languishing on temporary visas. By January this ...

Mar 19, 2024 Posted by In Articles Tagged
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7 months later Australia-NZ refugee deal, nobody has been granted visas : SBS Sinhala current Affair 13 Sep   Source : sbs MANUS, LORENGAU, PAPUA NEW GUINEA – 2018/02/08: Children bypassing the barracks where the asylum seekers are living on Manus Island. The human cost of Australias offshore detention policy has been high for those unfortunate enough to have been caught in its net. For asylum seekers trapped on the remote island of Manus in Papua New Guinea, the future remains as uncertain as ever. Australias offshore detention center there was destroyed in 31 October 2017 but for the 600 or so migrants who remain on the remote Pacific island, little has changed. The asylum seekers live with the torment of separation from family and friends and in the shadow of depression and the traumas of their past. (Photo by Jonas Gratzer/LightRocket via Getty Images) Source: LightRocket / Jonas Gratzer/LightRocket via Getty Images Today – ...

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Murugappan family allowed to return to Biloela – By David Crowe   A family of asylum seekers who were forced to leave their home in the Queensland town of Biloela will be given a pathway to become Australian residents under a decision by the Albanese government to end years of dispute over their treatment.   Source:smh.com.au Treasurer Jim Chalmers issued the decision on Friday in his capacity as Home Affairs Minister to give the four members of the Murugappan family bridging visas that allow them to return to Biloela when they wish. “The effect of my intervention enables the family to return to Biloela, where they can reside lawfully in the community on bridging visas while they work towards the resolution of their immigration status, in accordance with Australian law,” Chalmers said in a statement. “I have spoken to the family and wished them well for their return.” With the ...

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