In effect, recent changes to policy relating to the Condition 8570 introduced by the Department of Home Affairs (the Department) has resulted in many SHEV and TPV holders being denied the approval required to travel outside of Australia. This shift in the Department’s approach to assessing requests to travel under Condition 8570 is currently depriving many SHEV and TPV holders from their only opportunity to be reunited with their families.
The MIA understands that the position of the newly elected Labor Government is to abolish temporary protection visas. The MIA welcomes this announcement and looks forward to working with the Government for changes to occur to the migration framework to facilitate this.