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Huma and her family fled to Pakistan where they now fear deportation. Australia’s visa backlog is making them increasingly desperate

An Adelaide-based family who is pleading with the federal government to allow them to stay in Australia says the country's visa laws need to change to give more people a "fair go".

More than 200,000 Afghans have sought humanitarian protection in Australia and almost half are still waiting for their applications to be considered.

Nades Murugappan has returned to work at the Biloela meatworks, where he worked before his family was taken away by immigration officials in 2018, and, with his wife Priya, is also looking to start up a food van.

But the Govt is still turning away "unauthorised boats".

The Tamil “Biloela” family has been granted permanent residency by the Albanese government.

In Biloela, Priya Nadesalingam says ‘I know my daughters will get to grow up safely in Australia. Now my husband and I can live without fear’

Elham Amareh is used to feelings of fear and uncertainty, having fled Iran with her husband, son and daughter and making the journey to Australia by boat in 2013. Ms Amareh has lived in Australia for a decade now, but her attempts to secure a protection visa have been denied.

Unlike census questionnaires in the US, New Zealand and Canada, the Australian Census doesn’t include questions about “race” or “ethnicity” and asks instead about “ancestry”.

Refugees and advocates call on the federal government to put an urgent end to temporary protection visas at a gathering in the Perth CBD on Monday on World Refugee Day.

China's Foreign Ministry says the expected extradition of Julian Assange reflects the hypocrisy of the US and Britain on press freedom.