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‘I can see my family again’: More than 19,000 refugees to qualify for permanent residency
More than 19,000 refugees in Australia will finally be able to qualify for permanent residency after a decade on temporary protection visas, in a major policy change the federal government will unveil in the new year.
The change will mean the refugees would be able to freely leave the country and return, to access secure work or full social security benefits and to send for their families to come to Australia.
- James Massola, Anna Patty and Lachlan Abbott
- The Sydney Morning Herald
Iranian woman Maryam, who fled to Australia a decade ago, said she had dreamed of seeing her parents and three sisters again and building a more stable life for her 12-year-old son in Sydney.
Being on a…