Sweeping changes to Australia’s migration program are being considered according to government documents leaked to the ABC.

The leaked document outlines plan to remove direct access to permanent residence; overhaul the citizenship test and citizenship pledge; increase monitoring of migrants, even after they're granted citizenship, according to the ABC.

Fearing that terrorist cells may be lurking particularly in the humanitarian intake of refugees from Syria, the reports suggest that access to permanent residency may be denied to this group.

According to the ABC the changes proposed include:

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A Dying Man’s Last Wish

A Pakistani student, Hassan Asif, who came to Australia to study architecture, was diagnosed with terminal skin cancer in July 2015 while he studying in the country. He had been receiving outreach palliative care right after the diagnosis. As his condition deteriorated, he was transferred to a specialist medical institution for intensive care. The doctors declared that he was in no condition to go back all the way to Pakistan to his family, although he had planned to go back to his home country someday and work as an architect.

Because he knew he was dying, and that he could not go back home, he made an appeal to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection to allow his brother and mother to travel to Australia, so he could be with them as he dies.

In an emotional appeal, he requested that like anyone who has limited days left in the world, he would also want to spend this time with his family as his mother desperately wants to be with him during this time.