Fleeing bloodshed in Gaza, Palestinians arriving in Australia find they have no place to call home

Fleeing bloodshed in Gaza, Palestinians arriving in Australia find they have no place to call home

A tourist visa is the only way in for hundreds of Palestinians seeking refuge, leaving them forced to rely on overwhelmed community organisations

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Salma* struggles to sleep at night.

As she lies on a donated bed in a stranger’s house in south-west Sydney, she is overwhelmed by memories of her siblings and the ill father she left behind in tents in Rafah, and the family homes in north Gaza that have now been destroyed. But those memories are not what keep her up.

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