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‘531 asylum seekers had not yet applied for visas’

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September 2: Protesters gather outside Parliament House in Melbourneprotesting against cuts to asylum-seeker welfare payments. Source: AAP

Immigration Department report from September 27, four days before the deadline, said there were 531 people who had not yet applied for visas. We talked with Solicitor & Registered Migration Agent Mr Sidar Çetin on hundreds of asylum seekers who missing a deadline to apply for protection visas and now face deportation now face deportation.


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By Nilgün Kılıç

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Immigration Department report from September 27, four days before the deadline, said there were 531 people who had not yet applied for visas. We talked with Solicitor & Registered Migration Agent Mr Sidar Çetin on hundreds of asylum seekers who missing a deadline to apply for protection visas and now face deportation now face deportation.



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