Government has granted 860 temporary visas to Palestinians

ABC NEWS (Australia)

The government has granted 860 temporary visas to Palestinians with connections to Australia in the weeks since Israel began its bombing campaign in Gaza. The visas will allow people to remain in Australia for three to 12 months.

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00:00 Over the same period, I think between the 7th of October and a couple of days ago, we

00:08 had 1,793 visas issued to Israeli citizens.

00:14 So obviously there is a lot of demand from those in the region for Australian visas for

00:20 people who are eligible.

00:21 I would again say this, people who obtain visas to Australia are subject to appropriate

00:29 security checks.

00:30 We remain deeply concerned about the loss of civilian life and I know so many Australians

00:37 are deeply concerned about the loss of civilian life.

00:40 People are distressed about the horrific attack by Hamas.

00:47 People want the hostages released and people are distressed by the loss of civilian life

00:51 in the period we have seen in these last weeks.

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