Greens propose private sponsorship of refugees as they target inner-city seats

Party calls for sponsorship based on Canadian model and for humanitarian intake to be boosted by 10,000

The Greens will propose private citizens should be able to sponsor refugees to boost Australia’s humanitarian intake by 10,000 as part of a push to target leafy inner-eastern Melbourne lower house seats.

On Thursday the Greens will launch their refugee policy with a series of contentious demands opposed by the major parties including a seven-day time limit before asylum seekers are released from onshore detention and a royal commission into immigration detention.

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