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Tasmania opens its doors and its hearts today with the official commencement of the Safe Haven Enterprise Visa program.
Tasmania is now a designated regional zone, which means asylum seekers in Australia who have been granted a SHEV by the Federal Government can relocate to Tasmania.
Tasmanians is only the second jurisdiction to opt-in to the SHEV program and welcome asylum seekers under this scheme, along with the Liberal Government in New South Wales.
The Tasmanian Government has committed $1.2 million over four years to establish a Safe Haven Hub, to operate as a first point of contact for SHEV holders coming to...