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Migration Act amended to exclude refugees with bad security assessment (The Guardian)

14 May 20140 comments

The Senate has passed a controversial amendment to the Migration Act that would prevent refugees who have received an adverse security assessment from seeking a protection visa.

The amendment expressly excludes people who have been given adverse security assessments by ASIO from receiving protection visas.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/14/migration-act-amended-to-exclude-refugees-with-bad-security-assessment