Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Lundy. The immigration minister has just announced that refugees who have arrived post 13 August—people who are found to be genuine refugees in need of protection—will be put on rolling bridging visas. These are effectively temporary protection visas with no family reunion, no work rights and no certainty; just like John Howard's temporary protection visas. How long will genuine refugees be kept in limbo?