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Refugees and people seeking asylum from Afghanistan rally ro protest outside Parliament House in Canberra, Source: AAP / MICK TSIKAS/AAPIMAGE

As the world's attention focuses on the unfolding humanitarian disaster in Ukraine, those who fled Afghanistan over six months ago remain desperate for visas.

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As the world's attention focuses on the unfolding humanitarian disaster in Ukraine, those who fled Afghanistan over six months ago remain desperate for visas.

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