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Farmers join advocates in push for more regional migrants

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AUS Government considers forcing regional migrants to stay rural.

Australian farmers are joining a regional push for the Turnbull Government to avoid making citizenship harder for migrants to obtain. The farmers say they worry about the effect on vital foreign workers. It comes as advocates call for an increase to the migrant intake to help revitalise regional Australia.

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By Marija Zivic (Original), Peggy Giakoumelos

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Australian farmers are joining a regional push for the Turnbull Government to avoid making citizenship harder for migrants to obtain. The farmers say they worry about the effect on vital foreign workers. It comes as advocates call for an increase to the migrant intake to help revitalise regional Australia.

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