It would take 100 years to resolve claims of 7,000 asylum seekers stuck on bridging visas, Greens claim

<p>Labor promised prior to 2022 election to allow the cohort to apply for permanent Resolution of Status visas</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/feb/24/australia-politics-live-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-russia-ukraine-medicare-gap-fee-bulk-billing-senate-estimates-cost-of-living-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></li><li>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></li></ul><p>It would take 100 years for the government to resolve the cases of the 7,000 asylum seekers <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/sep/26/sukhdeep-wants-to-see-her-mother-while-she-is-still-alive-but-australias-visa-rules-have-left-her-in-limbo">living in Australia on bridging visas</a>, Greens senator David Shoebridge estimates.</p><p>The group of 7,000 arrived in Australia by boat before 2013, when the Rudd government determined that no asylum seekers arriving by sea would be permanently resettled in Australia.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed">Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email</a></strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/feb/24/it-would-take-100-years-to-resolve-claims-of-7000-asylum-seekers-stuck-on-bridging-visas-greens-claim">Continue reading...</a>