AAP General News (Australia)
02-14-2006
Vic: Higher demand for Games visas
MELBOURNE, Feb 14 AAP - The federal government has revised the number of special Commonwealth
Games visas it plans to issue amid higher demand from athletes, team officials and coaches.
The Department of Immigration said it now expects to issue 10,000 Commonwealth Games
Travel Authority visas, up from 7,000-8,000.
The government has also said illegal migration attempts may spike during the Games,
following up to 30 athletes from Sierra Leone, Pakistan and Bangladesh failing to board
flights home from the Manchester Games in 2002, the Age reported.
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KEYWORD: COM06 VISAS
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