Asylum seekers to lose $200 a fortnight in benefits, given three weeks to find own accommodation and told to make arrangements to quit the countryThe government will cut income and accommodation support for up to 100 asylum seekers who have been transferred to Australia from offshore detention for medical reasons, leaked documents show. You are expected to sign the Code of Behaviour when you are released into the Australian community. Children and families are not included in the first batch of asylum seekers, who will have work rights. However, the immigration document refers specifically to the children of asylum seekers, heightening concerns the government will also force families of asylum seeker in the community into “destitute” situations. On Sunday the Greens vowed to try and use parliament to stop the government booting asylum seekers off welfare and out of taxpayer-funded accommodation.

Source: The Guardian August 26, 2017 22:24 UTC