‘They are safe here’: five Iranian women footballers granted humanitarian visas in Australia
by Martin Farrer from World news | The Guardian on (#7447K)
Home affairs minister Tony Burke confirms US president Donald Trump's overnight comments on social media that the players had been taken care of'
Five members of the Iranian women's football team have been granted humanitarian visas in Australia, with Anthony Albanese offering assistance to the other players and saying help is here".
The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, confirmed the dramatic humanitarian offer on Tuesday morning, hours after US President Donald Trump posted about their plight on social media. Burke said the visas had been granted around 1.30am on Tuesday morning, around the time Trump's social media posts, which first criticised, then praised, Australia.
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