Australia Brings Back Temporary Asylum Visas

Australia's conservative government on Friday reintroduced controversial temporary visas that will free thousands of would-be refugees languishing in detention centers to live in the community — but they may face deportation at the end of three years. Thousands of people seeking refuge reached Australia by boat before the previous government instituted a hard-line policy to send such asylum-seekers to third-party countries for processing and made them ineligible to settle in...

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