Australia's new parent visa 'absolutely unfair' say migrant communities

Applications are open for the long-awaited new temporary parent visa, designed to provide an alternative to the existing permanent visa options for parents of migrants. Migrant communities have campaigned for years for long-term visas to allow families to reunite with their grandparents but many migrants say they feel excluded by the unrealistic conditions of the new visa class.

The Sandhus with their two children say the Coalition's new parent visa will not allow them to reunite their children with their grandparents. Source: Supplied