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Calls for lower humanitarian visa fees

Billed as a new humanitarian visa to fast track at-risk asylum seekers into Australia, the federal government's new measures have been dismissed as a money-making exercise.

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By Gareth Boreham

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The Refugee Council says the fee of more than $20,000 to bring familes to Australia will be simply unaffordable for many aid organisations.

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