The Albanese govt has passed its callous entry ban law.
“Seeking asylum is a human right. It is not determined by nationality, profile, and platform. It is universal. This law is an affront to those rights," ASC CEO and former refugee Elijah Buol says.
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"Really appalling."
Our Co-CEO Paul Power spoke with SBS News about the Government's Migration Amendment Bill, which gives the Immigration Minister power to prevent people already granted visas from entering Australia if conditions change in their country of origin.
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"As a refugee, I have lived in limbo for 13 years. Why are only some Iranian women worthy of Australia’s protection?"
- Powerful words by Fatemeh Lahmidi, an Iranian refugee living in Australia
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☎️ CALL YOUR SENATOR TO BLOCK THE BILL ☎️
The Albanese Government's new Migration Bill aims to place entry bans on people with valid tourist visas, who are fleeing conflict and danger in Iran and Lebanon. Call your Senator. Find them here: https://pulse.ly/0linq8yiuk
Insane that this has taken so long, and yet will pass with a whimper as the world moves on to other injustices. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Australian Government's newest Migration Amendment Bill sits in sharp contrast to the welcome and safety rightly provided to some of the Iranian women’s soccer team mere hours before.
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After granting protection to 5 Iranian footballers in front of the TV cameras this morning, the Government legislate to block the pathway for countless others seeking protection from the Middle East this afternoon .
Shameful.
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I am in a rushed hearing into the Albanese Labor Government's travel freeze, clearly aimed at preventing people from Iran from seeking safety in Australia.
More below👇
The hypocrisy is so dangerous. While signing us up for an illegal war & claiming it champions human rights of the Iranian people, the Albanese Gov is ramming thru new laws to ban people from #Iran with valid visas from entering Australia.
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Disappointed I was the only MP to vote against 2nd reading of Govt-Oppn bill that will give the Minister power to stop entire classes of temp visa holders arriving in Aus. A discriminatory policy letting the Govt decide which imperilled ppl are worth saving. #auspol #politas
Iranian footballer visas welcome, but protection must extend beyond the spotlight - @ascsyd.bsky.social statement on this morning's news.
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Great article from @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social on the vital importance of international law -
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Welcome changes lives. Hear from our community member Adrita* about how kindness and support helped her find hope in a new place.
https://asylumseekerscentre.org.au/adritas-story-not-everyone-is-as-welcoming-as-you/
On 5 March, we’re turning up the volume on something powerful: welcome 💙
This Giving Day, every donation to the Asylum Seekers Centre will be MATCHED - doubling your impact and doubling your welcome ✨
Choose welcome in action: https://loom.ly/QOEa5O4
Call me old school but I don't think individual politicians should be able pick & choose which citizens can re-enter their own country. If someone has committed crime prosecute them on reentry but citizenship shouldn't be contingent on the wishes of individual MPs
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ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from.
We'll let their words speak for themselves.
Do they teach this at the NSW Police Academy?
Brutality 101, am I right?
#HerzogProtest #auspol
This is an extremely dark moment for Australian democracy. Protest blanket banned in Australia’s most iconic city & police assaulting protesters with impunity. Aussies pride themselves on ballot box participation but voting is only one part of a democracy and in Australia the other parts are failing
Was great to be out this morning at the Asylum Seeker Centre in Newtown cleaning up their beautiful welcoming mural. Lovely community action, sharing care and time together. Sweaty solidarity!
I didn't say it. The Germans did.
As with all things Starmer-Government related, their response to Trump’s aggressive threats has been nothing short of pathetic.
Europe is waking up and other world leaders like Macron and Carney show how supine the current UK Government really is.
This is our colonial legacy. The links we have built around the world. English-speaking people all over the world that know us.
Like it or not, that is a rational & reasonable reason for why some people believe their best option to rebuild a life from scratch is the UK. #r4today
Asylum seeker interviewed on #r4today explains in excellent English that he has grown up his entire life believing that the UK is a safe place that respects & protects people.
He's even an Arsenal fan. He knows our culture. Not French culture, Greek, or Bulgarian culture. Ours.
The purpose of parliamentary scrutiny is not to set up a talking shop but to stress-test and future-proof laws for years to come. To examine and amend. For these Bills to pass through the House of Representatives in a single day reflects badly on Australian democracy. This is no way to make law.
The Aus Gvt's new "Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bills" are staggering in their scope. They will change the nature of Australian society for better (gun control) and worse (executive powers to cancel visas) but what is remarkable is how rushed and entirely under-scrutinised they are.
“Leave Greenland alone!”
Heckler interrupts Star-Spangled Banner at NBA game in London, wins cheers from crowd. (Video via Reddit)
The American-led world order established harmony among the great powers within it, and left those outside it relatively isolated and insecure, Robert Kagan argues—and all of that is now ending. theatln.tc/BSP4k9xD
“Saving lives is not a crime.”
After a seven-year legal ordeal, a court on the Greek island of Lesbos has acquitted all 24 defendants who had been baselessly charged with felonies for saving lives at sea.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4pMoOdR
Torture. Ill-treatment. A breach on international obligations.
It’s time to end Australia's cruel detention policies and deliver justice, protection, and dignity for people seeking asylum.
Read more on the findings of the the UN committee against torture via The Guardian: https://loom.ly/9GgdLjA
