Truly and utterly DESPICABLE AND SPINELESS!!! :P Labor MPs and senators have rejected calls to abandon the party’s support for the offshore processing of asylum seekers, instead endorsing a position that refugee claims be assessed in a timely and humane manner. The West Australian MP Melissa Parke, backed by the former Speaker Anna Burke, moved a motion at Labor caucus on Tuesday that the party “shall no longer support the transfer of asylum seekers by Australia to Manus Island or Nauru and shall call for the detention centres in those places to be closed down forthwith”. But the opposition spokesman on immigration, Richard Marles, moved an alternative motion that stopped short of withdrawing support for offshore processing. The alternative motion, seconded by the former New South Wales Labor secretary Sam Dastyari and endorsed by the caucus, said claims for asylum “must be processed in a timely manner to avoid asylum seekers being left in a state of uncertainty and fear”. theguardian/world/2014/jun/17/labor-caucus-rejects-calls-to-abandon-support-for-offshore-processing
Posted on: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 04:04:24 +0000
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