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The long wait for permanency in Australia's shrinking humanitarian program
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Zuhria Al Hattab survived the night the sky fell on her grandmother's house in northern Gaza.
She survived the journey south — hands raised, white flag up — along a corridor the Israeli military had designated a 'safe route', until the bombs started raining again.
"The whole road was blood and martyrs and body parts, severed heads, severed hands," she tells SBS News of the aftermath of Israel's bombardment during the daytime truce.
The Shrinking Sanctuary: Gaza Refugees Face Visa Limbo in Australia
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After fleeing the bombardment of Gaza, 34-year-old teacher Zuhria Al Hattab faces agonizing visa uncertainty within Australia's shrinking humanitarian program.
Having survived the relentless bombardment of northern Gaza and an exhausting escape through Egypt, 34-year-old primary school teacher Zuhria Al Hattab now faces a new, bureaucratic purgatory halfway across the world in Perth, Australia.
Al Hattab is one of roughly 1,700 Palestinians currently holding temporary visas with no guaranteed pathway to permanent residency under Australia's increasingly restricted humanitarian program. Her plight embodies the agonizing uncertainty endured by displaced populations who manage to escape physical conflict only to find themselves trapped in the crosshairs of shifting domestic immigration politics.
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'Let them talk': Socceroos hero bites back at claim Türkiye 'dominated'
Nestory Irankunda had the last laugh after his stunning goal against Türkiye. (Getty Images: Ercin Erturk)
Socceroos goalscorer Nestory Irankunda says Türkiye's players could not back up their talk in Australia's 2-0 World Cup win.
The Socceroos next play the United States at 5:00am AEST on Saturday.
Socceroos goalscoring star Nestory Irankunda says Türkiye's players could not back up their talk in Australia's 2-0 World Cup win.
It comes after Turkish midfielder Hakan Çalhanoğlu said his side "dominated" the Socceroos, just as he publicly declared it would the day before the game.
"We didn't dominate?" Çalhanoğlu said to an Australian journalist after the match, when questioned about his pre-game comments.
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