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“We kept [staying] there hoping everything would be finished soon … but the war got worse and we fled the country and went to Lebanon,” Ms Injejikian told SBS News. Prime Minister Scott Morrison poses with new Australian citizens during the National Australia Day Flag Raising and Citizenship Ceremony in Canberra.Her family was joined by more than 16,000 people from over 150 nations who became citizens on January 26 at 400 ceremonies across the country.
Mr Chitsungo, originally from Zimbabwe, and Ms Sy, originally from the Philippines, arrived as international students in 2014. "We came here as international students and then we decided to be permanent residents, and now there's lots of privileges to be a citizen."
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