SYDNEY: Australia’s conservative government on Friday further tightened immigration laws by introducing controversial temporary visas for refugees which do not allow them to settle permanently in the country.
The amendments to the Migration Act narrowly passed the lower house Friday morning after a stormy late-night debate in the upper house.
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