Advocates supporting Palestinians say the Australian government gave false hope to families fleeing Gaza before cancelling their visas and sending them "back to the inferno." The federal government has cited ongoing security checks as it defended cancelling the visas while people were in transit.
Advocates supporting Palestinians say the Australian government gave false hope to families fleeing Gaza before cancelling their visas and sending them "back to the inferno." On Wednesday, SBS News was made aware of five cases where the visitor visa issued by the Australian government was retracted in recent days. The federal government has cited ongoing security checks as it defended cancelling the visas while people were in transit.
Samah Sabawi, co-founder of the advocacy group Palestine Australia Relief and Action (PARA), described the situation as "completely dehumanising, exhausting, disappointing." "We need compassion in this world, we need to be seen as human beings, we need our families to matter," she said. "We need this government to give us certainty. We need them to stop making everything so vague, and then us finding out mid-air if somebody is going to be saved or sent back to the inferno." Sabawi, who is in Cairo supporting those in limbo, said Palestinian-Australians had hoped to help their relatives and friends reach safety
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