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Dominic Giannini

Double standard claim as refugees plead for urgent help

Iranian refugee Ferdos has been waiting 14 years for her visa application to be approved. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Ferdos had mixed emotions when Australia granted Iran's soccer players asylum - relief at their safety but confused at her own visa application being in limbo for 14 years.

The 23-year-old Iranian refugee was sent to Nauru when she was 10, and spent five years in detention with her family before she was transferred to Australia in 2018 with her brother, when they were unwell. 

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