Australia should issue one-year humanitarian emergency visas with access to services and work rights for refugees escaping conflicts, instead of the government's piecemeal approach that leaves many in limbo.
A report published by the University of NSW Kaldor Centre for International Law on Wednesday found that Australia's emergency response to four recent conflicts - Afghanistan, Ukraine, Sudan and Gaza - was inconsistent and inefficient.
Australia has issued at least 25 different visa types in the last three decades from those fleeing the Soviet Union and Kosovo to more specific ones for religious minorities such as the Ahmadis in Pakistan or Yezidis in Iraq.
