THE STATE I'M IN

Scores of pilgrims apply to stay as WYD visas near end

August 22, 2008
THE Department of Immigration has been flooded with 85 applications from World Youth Day pilgrims seeking to remain in Australia -- and that number is predicted to rise.

The pilgrims are from Africa, Asia and the Middle East...

Victorian Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre ... was providing advice to a number of pilgrims who had suffered brutality and torture in their home countries.

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