Asylum seekers face homelessness
Asylum seekers who were caught in Indonesian waters while sailing to Australia sit on a boat at Benoa port in Bali, Indonesia. Source: AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati
Thousands of asylum seekers may be at risk of homelessness as the Federal Government toughens the rules on those it says arrived "illegally" by boat. The Refugee Council of Australia says around a thousand people have lost their income support following the Government's latest round of welfare-payments assessments. Kulasegaram Sanchayan reports in Tamil with a feature written by Joy Joshi and James Elton-Pym.
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