Key Points
- Thousands of them were children when they first came to Australia; they're now young adults with restrictive six-month bridging visas, living with the fear they could be deported from the country they now call home.
- A group of crossbenchers and refugee advocates is demanding the Immigration Minister end the decade-long delay and offer these migrants permanent status.
- The Immigration Minister declined an interview for S-B-S News but a spokesperson says "the government is committed to efficiently assessing each protection claim" and that the "protection system and the backlogs will take time to fix."
