Thursday, October 25, 2007

A Just Australia enters Election 2007 to highlight the horrors of the Pacific Solution

"Australia’s policy on asylum seekers and refugees needs fixing, urgently. While there have been small steps forward in some areas, there have been great leaps backwards in others.

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Government policies still allow for the indefinite detention of children in offshore centres with little to no access to legal help.
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We still grant genuine refugees only temporary protection visas, keeping them separated from their families.
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We still lock-up asylum seekers with no security assessment of whether that is necessary.
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We still have a visa decision system that is biased with limited review or oversight."

Watch AJA's short video on the latest issues.

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