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Free legal help for asylum seekers to meet looming 1 Oct deadline

Minister for Immigration Peter Dutton

Minister for Immigration Peter Dutton Source: AAP

Refugee advocates are again warning of grave consequences for asylum seekers who miss the looming deadline to apply for protection visas.The government has given asylum seekers until October the 1st to formally apply for protection, or face deportation.More than 1,000 people nationally have not yet lodged their applications.



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