Australia reportedly cancels visas of evacuated Gaza families

SBS News reports that the Australian government retracted a series of visitor visas from families who left Gaza as they were boarding their flights.

Advocacy group Palestine Australia Relief and Action (PARA) expressed its concern over the move as it tries to bring Palestinian families from Gaza to Australia through Egypt.

“This whole uncertainty and not knowing what's going on is causing significant distress and significant concern amongst the community and the family members in [Australia],” PARA co-founder Rasha Abbas told SBS News.

“We're really asking the government to show some compassion towards the Australian family members and their family members who've left the horrors of Gaza.”

PARA identified several cases where individuals were given their visas, went through the Rafah crossing and boarded their flights to Egypt, before being notified while transiting between flights that their visas had been cancelled.