
Australia Grants Humanitarian Protection to Iranian Female Footballers
Five Iranian women's national football team players have received humanitarian visas from Australia due to safety concerns after they refused to sing the national anthem before a match.
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Five Iranian women football players granted asylum in Australia
Australia on Tuesday granted humanitarian visas to five Iranian women soccer players after they sought asylum, fearing persecution on their return home for their refusal to sing the national anthem at an Asia Cup match. "Australians have been moved by the plight of these brave women," Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told a news conference in Canberra a day after police helped extract the women from their Iranian government handlers.
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Πέντε διεθνείς παίκτριες της εθνικής ομάδας γυναικών του Ιράν έλαβαν ανθρωπιστικές βίζες από την Αυστραλία, έπειτα από έντονες ανησυχίες για την ασφάλειά τους που προκλήθηκαν όταν η ομάδα αρνήθηκε να τραγουδήσει τον εθνικό ύμνο πριν από αγώνα του Κυπέλλου Ασίας. Ο υπουργός Μετανάστευσης της Αυστραλίας, Τόνι Μπερκ, ανακοίνωσε ότι οι πέντε παίκτριες μεταφέρθηκαν από την αστυνομία σε ασφαλή τοποθεσία και ότι η κυβέρνηση ενέκρινε την παραμονή τους στη χώρα με καθεστώς ανθρωπιστικής προστασίας. Όπ...
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US President Donald Trump also urged Australia to offer the players asylum
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Australia has granted humanitarian visas to five members of Iran’s women’s national football team after they sought asylum, saying they feared persecution if they returned home. T...
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Australia grants humanitarian visas to five Iranian women footballers after anthem controversy Dhaka Tribune
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