But the Northern Migrant Resource Centre wants more information before offering the Safe Haven Enterprise Visa its full support. 

A deal struck between Clive Palmer and Immigration Minister Scott Morrison this week to reintroduce a three-year temporary protection visa also saw the birth of the proposed five-year Safe Haven visa, which would allow asylum seekers to eventually apply for family, skilled, temporary skilled and student visas.

Mr Hutchinson said the program could give rural Tasmanian communities a chance to welcome refugees and their families to live and work in their regions. 

But Launceston-based Northern MRC chief executive John Brown wants clarity on the arrangement. 

"At this stage, we haven't been given the detail - all we've seen is the media releases,'' he said

"We need to see how Safe Haven is going to operate, to see what support is going to be provided to the people who might come to Tasmania.

"The detail might be there, but we haven't been shown anything."

Minister for State Growth Matthew Groom said Premier Will Hodgman had made it clear that Tasmania wants to welcome people from around the world, while the City of Launceston Council also welcomed the idea of encouraging more people to live and work in Northern Tasmania. 

Mr Brown did not count out the potential benefits to rural and remote areas of the state.

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