The Greens will introduce a bill proposing an end to offshore detention for remaining asylum seekers, without forcing Labor to compromise on its immigration policy.
Australia has maintained a policy precluding any asylum seeker who attempted to travel to Australia by boat from ever being resettled to Australia since it was introduced by the Gillard-Rudd Labor governments a decade ago.
However it has committed to offering a pathway to residency for thousands of refugees already in Australia on temporary protection visas, who are unable to work or study.Senator McKim noted Labor also supported the Greens "medevac bill'" while in opposition, which allowed for asylum seekers to be brought to Australia for urgent medical care.
He said this bill would give the government a chance to work "in the same spirit of cooperation to finish that task".
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