Hobart City Council votes to allow detained asylum seekers to resettle in Hobart
A person holds up a sign reading ‘help’ from a window of the Park Hotel in Carlton as refugee advocates rally across the road in Melbourne. Source: AAP
The motion passed on Monday night, seven votes to five, and the council will now write to the Federal Immigration Minister, calling for the men to come to Hobart.
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