All Cancelled Gaza Visas Done ‘Offshore’: Albanese Confirms

The Opposition questioned the prime minister about reports of 43 tourist visas to Gaza refugees that were later cancelled.

A man carries a propane gas cylinder on his back while walking through debris and destruction littering a street in the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in Gaza City on October 11, 2023, on the fifth day of battles between the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and Israel. Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images

The Gaza and Palestine issue continued to be the centre of discussion during Question Time in Parliament on Aug. 21.

Shadow Minister for Immigration Dan Tehan again directed a query at Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, asking him to confirm a claim made by a media outlet stating that 43 tourist visas were granted to refugees from the Gaza war zone but were later cancelled. He further claimed that 20 of these visas were reissued.