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Australia Extends Visas For Hong Kongers

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison talks to the media outside a polling booth during Australia’s general election in Sydney on May 18, 2019.
Saeed KHAN / AFP

 

 

Australia on Thursday extended the visas of around 10,000 Hong Kongers living in the country by five years following China’s security crackdown on the territory.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said a pathway to Australian permanent residency would also be offered to Hong Kong citizens currently in the country on student or temporary work visas.

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