PoliticsCoalition migration plan risks breaching India trade pact, advocates warn

Advocates warn that the Coalition’s plan to sharply reduce temporary graduate visas, international student visas and humanitarian places could breach Australia’s free trade agreement with India, which gives Indian graduates temporary opportunities to stay and work. The Coalition says there would be no treaty breach and that alternative visa pathways would be considered.

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