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Australia Wants to Keep Migrants Arriving by Boat Out, Even as Tourists 2016-10-31 00:26:23 Post No. 81308
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Australia Wants to Keep Migrants Arriving by Boat Out, Even as Tourists
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The Australian government, which already bars asylum seekers who arrive illegally by boat from resettling here, said it would move to keep them out for life even as tourists, in a bid to step up deterrence.
“You need the clearest of clear messages,” Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Sunday. “This is a battle of wills between the Australian people, represented by its government, and criminal gangs of people smugglers.”
Australia has faced international criticism of its hard-line efforts to deter illegal migration, including using its navy to turn back vessels arriving from ports in Indonesia, Vietnam and Sri Lanka.
It has sent passengers into mandatory detention on the Pacific island nations of Nauru and Papua New Guinea, often for lengthy periods, while refugee claims are assessed.
In 2013, the previous Labor government under Kevin Rudd imposed a settlement ban. The new law would go further.
Under legislation to be introduced to Parliament this week, any asylum-seeker who arrived outside official channels without a valid visa would be permanently blocked from entering the country, even if they applied later as tourists, Mr. Turnbull said.
Earlier this month, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child strongly criticized conditions in the camps on Nauru after widespread detainee allegations of brutality and sexual assault of children. In April, Papua New Guinea’s highest court ruled that a detention center on Manus Island—dubbed “Australia’s Guantanamo Bay” by critics—was illegal because it breached basic human rights.
The U.N. and rights groups like Amnesty International and Save the Children have castigated Australia for its failure to follow up on widespread detainee complaints.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/australia-wants-to-keep-migrants-arriving-by-boat-out-even-as-tourists-1477811538?mod=fox_australian
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But Mr. Turnbull’s conservative government has refused to back down in the face of those criticisms, instead offering some of its policies as a possible solution to the migrant crisis sweeping Europe.
The main opposition bloc wouldn’t say on Sunday whether it would back the legislation. Migration has been a political flashpoint for more than a decade, helping swing several elections.
“With any legislation you want to look at it, see whether in fact it is fair and reasonable, and is consistent with our own commitments internationally,” senior Labor lawmaker Brendan O’Connor said.
Australia’s Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said the new laws were also aimed at preventing marriages of convenience between migrants and asylum advocates seeking to bring partners to Australia.
But lawyer and refugee advocate David Manne was critical. “They do nothing to resolve what has been widely recognized as an appalling and unsustainable situation for those people left in limbo of Nauru and Manus Island,” he said.
Australia receives a relatively small number of asylum seekers each year compared with European countries like Italy, Greece and Spain. Historically, most arrived by air, not boat, though the percentage arriving by boat has risen in recent years. Successive Australian governments have moved aggressively to stop the tide, given wide public opposition to boat landings and outcries over sinkings and drownings en route.
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In the six years before the settlement ban, more than 51,000 asylum seekers arrived in the country, including 20,000 in 2013. Under the conservative government headed by Mr. Turnbull, no boat has succeeded in getting past a naval blockade dubbed “Operation Sovereign Borders” since July 2014. Historically, most people seeking asylum arrived in Australia by air, not boat.
Almost 3,000 asylum seekers meantime have been detained on Nauru and Papua New Guinea, mostly from Iran and Afghanistan. Most have rejected Australian offers to send them home, claiming fears of persecution there.
The number of people fleeing conflict, meanwhile, has soared. The U.N.’s latest Global Trends Report said a record 65.3 million people had been forced to leave their homes last year, while globally the number of refugees had reached 21.3 million, with most coming from Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia.
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>he U.N. and rights groups like Amnesty International and Save the Children have castigated Australia for its failure to follow up on widespread detainee complaints.
The UN gave thousands of people in Haiti cholera so they can go fucking rot. Cunts.
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