Refugees rally for permanent visa rights

Refugees and asylum seekers remain in limbo while the system remains in place, one rally organiser and Iranian Temporary Protection Visa (TPV) holder said.

"All that we ask is that the government works out the details of moving people off TPVs on to permanent visas, so our life in limbo ends sooner rather than later," Arad Nik said.

The coalition also wants to see the removal of the fast-track visa system, branding it "neither fair nor fast" with asylum seekers then put on to the "even more precarious" bridging visa.