One year on, just 3500 of promised 12,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees have made it to Australia

By Fergus Hunter
Updated September 9 2016 - 5:09pm, first published 12:56pm
Adnan Hanna and Gorjet Kazar are living in Melbourne after being granted asylum in Australia. Photo: Eddie Jim
Adnan Hanna and Gorjet Kazar are living in Melbourne after being granted asylum in Australia. Photo: Eddie Jim
Chief of the Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, former defence minister Kevin Andrews, former prime minister Tony Abbott and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced Australia would take 12,000 refugees from Syria and Iraq in September 2015. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Chief of the Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, former defence minister Kevin Andrews, former prime minister Tony Abbott and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced Australia would take 12,000 refugees from Syria and Iraq in September 2015. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Just over a quarter of the 12,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees promised asylum under one of Tony Abbott's last acts as prime minister are now calling Australia home, prompting claims lives are on the line because of slow progress.

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