With Australia reopening its borders to tourists, why are thousands of refugees still waiting for entry?
- Written by Claire Higgins, Senior Research Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney
More than five months after Taliban forces overran Kabul, Immigration Minister Alex Hawke made a long-awaited announcement in January to resettle Afghan refugees. Over the next four years, Australia will offer 10,000 places to Afghans in humanitarian need and another 5,000 visas to Afghans reuniting with family in Australia.
The news came as a...
