BVE
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Example Sentences
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The code is the asylum seeker’s sword of Damocles: BVE holders are acutely aware of its conditions and the breadth with which they can be interpreted.
From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2016
Dawood, an Afghan asylum seeker on a BVE, cannot travel to see his family, or be reunited with them in Australia.
From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2016
For all of the heat and light over Australia’s immigration policies, BVE holders are the forgotten.
From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2016
The Guardian put a series of questions to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection and its minister asking about the number of BVE holders, their circumstances and the conditions applied to them.
From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2016
Several BVE holders report having to quit jobs because the looming expiration of their visas means they can no longer work legally.
From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2016
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