{"id":35390,"date":"2021-08-17T14:28:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T05:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/aug\/17\/afghans-in-australia-wont-be-sent-back-while-security-situation-remains-dire-minister-says"},"modified":"2021-08-17T14:28:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T05:28:26","slug":"afghans-in-australia-wont-be-sent-back-while-security-situation-remains-dire-minister-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=35390","title":{"rendered":"Afghans in Australia won\u2019t be sent back while security situation remains dire, minister says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coalition urged to do more to give people on temporary visas pathways to remain permanently<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2021\/aug\/17\/afghanistan-live-news-us-says-kabul-airport-reopens-as-biden-defends-withdrawal\">Afghanistan \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/aug\/17\/a-distressing-time-end-of-afghanistan-war-takes-emotional-toll-on-australian-veterans\">End of war takes emotional toll on Australian veterans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/ng-interactive\/2018\/may\/15\/the-guardian-app?CMP=cvau_sfl\">Get our free news app<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/guardian-australia-morning-mail\/2014\/jun\/24\/-sp-guardian-australias-morning-mail-subscribe-by-email?CMP=cvau_sfl\">get our morning email briefing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Australian government has sought to assure thousands of Afghan nationals on temporary visas that they will not be sent back to Afghanistan \u2013 but advocates say the moratorium doesn\u2019t go far enough to allay their fears.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo Afghan visa holder currently in Australia will be asked to return to Afghanistan while the security situation there remains dire,\u201d the immigration minister, Alex Hawke, announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/aug\/17\/afghans-in-australia-wont-be-sent-back-while-security-situation-remains-dire-minister-says\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coalition urged to do more to give people on temporary visas pathways to remain permanentlyAfghanistan \u2013 latest updatesEnd of war takes emotional toll on Australian veteransGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe Australian government &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1877,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46,43,1881,388,324,735,1767,494,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afghanistan","category-australia-news","category-australian-greens","category-australian-immigration-and-asylum","category-australian-politics","category-labor-party","category-penny-wong","category-refugees","category-south-and-central-asia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1877"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35391,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35390\/revisions\/35391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}