Advocates call for special intake for at-risk groups given surging demand after fall of Kabul
More than 100,000 Afghan nationals are seeking humanitarian visas from Australia, officials have revealed, with demand far outstripping the 3,000 places the federal government initially allocated when Afghanistan fell to the Taliban.
Officials have also revealed nearly 300 Australian citizens or permanent residents remain in Afghanistan, with an unspecified number of those seeking help from the government to leave the country.
