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flag Australia's visa system is overwhelmed, with over 400,000 people on bridging visas and major backlogs due to policy failures and rising demand.

flag Australia’s visa system is overwhelmed, with over 400,000 people on bridging visas—up from 71,000 a decade ago—due to years of poor policy, inadequate resources, and political decisions that worsened backlogs. flag A surge in asylum applications from Malaysia and China starting in 2015–16, combined with restrictive measures and delayed processing, left over 101,000 asylum seekers refused at the primary level and 60,023 rejected after appeal by September 2025. flag Partner visa backlogs are projected to reach 120,000 by mid-2026 due to artificial limits on visa numbers. flag Temporary resident numbers hit a record 2.9 million by September 2025, driven by post-pandemic border reopenings and strong labor demand. flag Despite some improvements under the Labor government, systemic failures and lack of long-term reform continue to strain the system.

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