Iranian tourist ban doesn’t align with the ‘Australian values’ Hedieh signed up to as a citizen
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“The Australian government had just announced it could block some visa holders from entering the country.”
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“Jamshidian, a 32-year-old Iranian Australian, decided to act quickly. Within a week she bought her mother, who held a three-month tourist visa, a ticket to Sydney.”
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“Jamshidian’s 76-year-old mother arrived in Australia, via Turkey, days before the federal government’s six-month ban on Iranians with tourist visas entering the country came into effect last week.”
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“Her older sister and brother-in-law, who were also planning to visit Sydney from Tehran last month, had their tourist visas suspended under the new laws.”
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“They are among about 6,800 Iranians outside Australia with valid tourist visas affected by the ban, although some may still be given the chance to enter the country under special consideration.”
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“The laws, which have enraged refugee and humanitarian advocates, are in response to the government’s concerns that people travelling to Australia on temporary visas could seek to stay permanently because of the war in the Middle East.”
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“The Refugee Council reported last month that nearly 15,000 temporary visas have been granted to Ukrainians since Russia’s invasion in February 2022, with more than 34,000 people arriving in that time.”
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“More than 1,000 three-year humanitarian visas have been granted to Palestinians arriving in Australia since October 2023.”
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“Department officials revealed in March that the total number of temporary visa holders in the Middle East affected by the US-Israel war on Iran exceeded 40,000. So far, a ban has only been applied to Iranian nationals.”
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“The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, told parliament his decision was made because the number of tourist visas issued to Iranians before the conflict was 'as large as this'.”
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