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Several Palestinians left stranded and distressed after Australian visas suddenly cancelled (www.abc.net.au)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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  • In short: Several Palestinians who have left Gaza have suddenly had their Australian visas cancelled while waiting in transit countries.
  • The Australian government has granted 2,273 temporary visas for Palestinians, and 2,415 for Israelis between October and February.
  • The ABC is aware of several Palestinians who have had their visas cancelled while preparing to leave for Australia.
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

There are UN refugee camps in Lebanon and other surrounding countries where refugees from the Syrian civil war have been waiting for months and even years to be resettled in a third country like Australia; it is not fair to these people to knowingly grant tourist visas to people who are clearly not tourists, who will then almost definitely apply for onshore protection.

Cancelling the visas after granting them though is a dick move. They should never have been granted in the first place.

"At the very least, those affected must be granted temporary visas immediately so they can stay safely in Australia while any issues are resolved," he said.

There is absolutely no way that the majority of these visa holders will ever permanently depart Australia, and anyone who claims otherwise is being naive.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

; it is not fair to these people

I don't think them having to go through ethnic cleansing is that fair either, tbh.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Sure, but no one here said it was...