Foreign Minister Marise Payne insists the government is prioritising visa applications for Afghans who worked with Australian forces during the decades-long conflict.
Foreign Minister Marise Paybe has insisted the government is prioritising visa applications for Afghans who worked with Australian forces during the decades-long conflict.Senator Payne says 230 Afghans have been granted protection in Australia in the past monthSome Afghan translators who worked with Australian troops say they face death threats from the Taliban
Around 60 Afghans — including locally-engaged staff and interpreters — have been granted safe haven in recent weeks and flown to Australia.Yesterday, former prime minister John Howard, who sent troops to war in Afghanistan in 2001, told SBS World News Australia had a "moral obligation" to provide support to Afghan workers.
Senator Payne said she agreed with the comments, adding that in the past month 230 Afghans had been granted protection in Australia.
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