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Australia migrant visa controversy

30/10/2016 GMT

Australia Migrant Visa Controversy

BBC World Service - Weekend, Australia Migrant Visa Controversy

Australia visa controversy; South Korea president scandal; Heading balls and health

Australia visa controversy; South Korea president scandal; Heading balls and health.

Australia has unveiled tough new plans to bar any asylum seekers who try to reach the country by boat from ever being able to enter the country. President Park Geun-hye of South Korea faces pressure to step down. And, how heading a football can affect brain health.

(Photo: Migrants housed in an Australian administered detention centre, faces obscured. Credit: Reuters)

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