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New Private Refugees Sponsorship

A banner welcoming refugees to Australia

A banner welcoming refugees to Australia Source: AAP

For the first time in Australia, private businesses will be allowed to sponsor refugees coming to Australian on humanitarian visas. SBS World News can reveal the government will shift the cost of 1,000 refugees to private companies, community groups and individuals. Alex Hawke, the assistant immigration minister, says there's plenty of appetite for it in the business community.



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