GetUp members are serious about exposing the conditions inside the Manus Island detention centre. On 19 July, Labor announces their "PNG solution", under which no refugee who arrives by boat will ever be settled in Australia. The Coalition returned fire by announcing their plan to use a "three star general" to turn back the boats under "Operation Sovereign Borders". They then capped it off with by pledging to construct a "tent city" on Nauru. Labor followed up by announcing that they too will send asylum seekers to Nauru and permanently resettle them there. The Coalition then turned their focus to punishing refugees who are already in Australia and announced their "fast track" policy. The latest policy from the Coalition seeks to reintroduce Temporary Protection Visas in a bid to "clear the backlog" of 32,000 people currently waiting to hear the outcome of their refugee claims. Should any of their claims be denied, the Coalition plans to remove their right to appeal the decision - a decision that can be the difference between life or death, when someone is forcibly sent back to a country where they face persecution. We all need to remember I think that the British cheated the indigenous people and we as yet still deny their rights on our constitution. Where is our humanity? https://getup.org.au/campaigns/refugees/bad-designs-manus-island/bad-designs-manus-island?
Posted on: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 08:04:28 +0000
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