Palestinians in Australia left in limbo as visa doesn't allow for work or study rights
ABCWhen Palestinian pharmacist Berta Frangieh escaped the war in Gaza and landed in Australia five months ago, she felt like she got a new lease on life. "I am a pharmacist, I used to work in a pharmaceutical company, but since arriving in Australia, I can't work or study because I'm still on a visitor visa," Ms Frangieh said. She's one of about 1,300 Palestinians from Gaza who have come to Australia on a visitor visa since October last year and says now she's feeling stuck. "With the beginning of Israel's war on Gaza, my company was completely destroyed, offices, warehouses, fridges, transport vehicles," he said. More than 7 out of 10 visa applications rejected The federal government says a new pathway to a three-year humanitarian visa has been offered to a small number of the Palestinians who have come to Australia from Gaza since October 7 last year.
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