'Lives are on hold': Government pressured to address citizenship backlog

More than 198,000 people are waiting to have their Australian citizenship finalised.

A citizen ceremony earlier this year that included refugee footballer Hakeem Al-Araibi

More than 220,000 waiting for citizenship Source: AAP


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Published 18 September 2019 9:14am
By Mehdi Gholizadeh


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