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A number of Palestinians who recently escaped Gaza are facing unexpected visa cancellations from Australia, resulting in their being stranded abroad. Between October 7 and February 6, the Australian government issued a total of 2,273 temporary (subclass 600) visas to Palestinians with ties to Australia, according to the Department of Home Affairs.
From 2022 to 2023 Australia provided US$11.0 million to the Palestinian territories and US$12.9 million to United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. [ 10 ] In October 2022 the Albanese government reversed the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and restarted using the term Occupied Palestinian ...
On 28 March 2019, the governments of Australia and Israel signed the first tax treaty between the two countries, to prevent double taxation and tax avoidance. [23] [24] In 2017–18, total merchandise trade between Australia and Israel was worth over $1 billion, and Israel's investment in Australia in 2017 was $301 million. [23]
The agency, which began by assisting about 750,000 Palestinian refugees in 1950, now serves some 5.9 million across the Middle East, many of whom live in refugee camps in the Gaza Strip, the West ...
Israel notified the United Nations on Monday that it was withdrawing from the 1967 agreement with UNRWA, the main aid agency for Palestinian refugees, following passage of two laws in the country ...
Israel's delegation to the UNCC accepted this offer, although this plan was rejected and criticized by Arab governments, the United States, and even Israel's own government. [90] In the Lausanne Conference, Israel announced to the UNCC on 3 August 1949, that it would allow up to 100,000 Palestinian refugees to return into Israel. But this plan ...
Australia has organised two special flights to bring back citizens from Israel, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday. The first flight will leave on Friday, the second on Sunday, and ...
Refugees are governed by statutes and government policies which seek to implement Australia's obligations under the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, to which Australia is a party. Thousands of refugees have sought asylum in Australia over the past decade, [ 1 ] with the main forces driving movement being war, civil unrest and ...