Labor unveils long-awaited plans to trim immigration, targeting students’ families and visa overstayers

Most international students unable to bring dependents or family members to Australia under Labor’s migration policy Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Foreign citizens staying in Australia without a valid visa face new enforcement measures to force them to leave the country, with Labor’s changes to immigration also set to prevent international students extending their stay indefinitely. The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, has unveiled long-awaited changes to immigration rules, promising to bring down net overseas migration (Nom) to 245,000 this financial year, and 225,000 in 2027-28. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here