ABC Online reports a Perth-based refugee advocate is calling on the Prime Minister to apologise to two Vietnamese asylum seekers who were yesterday granted temporary protection visas.
Hoai Thu Nguyen and Minh Dat Tran are the parents of Michael Andrew Tran, who was born in detention at a Perth hospital last week.
The couple were among 15 asylum seekers granted refugee status after arriving in Western Australia aboard the Hao Kiet ship in July 2003.
Refugee advocate Kaye Bernard says it is ridiculous that Michael will not automatically be granted refugee status along with his parents.
Ms Bernard says the couple deserves an apology.
"The Prime Minister today seems to have a chook pen full of egg on his face after calling Michael Tran, that poor little baby's parents illegals publicly," Ms Bernard said.
"He's denigrated them, he should offer an apology.
"Today I'm calling on the to Prime Minister [to] apologise to the baby Michael Tran's parents, they have been deemed to be refugees."
Petty in The Age
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