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Another WOFTAM
Oct. 30th, 2012 12:50 pmLabor caucus accepts move to excise mainland from migration zone
This would mean the tiny number of asylum seekers who get to Australia's mainland by boat, rather than reaching one of the already-excised outlying islands, could be sent for off$hore proce$$ing in Nauru or PNG.
Qouth the Greens' Sarah Hanson-Young: "The government will say that this is about discouraging people from getting on boats but it is clear that the only way to achieve that is by offering people safer pathways, not by removing people's fundamental right to apply for asylum in Australia... this Labor Government is now going to try to enact legislation that is so discriminatory and un-Australian that John Howard faced an internal revolt when he tried it in 2006."
This would mean the tiny number of asylum seekers who get to Australia's mainland by boat, rather than reaching one of the already-excised outlying islands, could be sent for off$hore proce$$ing in Nauru or PNG.
Qouth the Greens' Sarah Hanson-Young: "The government will say that this is about discouraging people from getting on boats but it is clear that the only way to achieve that is by offering people safer pathways, not by removing people's fundamental right to apply for asylum in Australia... this Labor Government is now going to try to enact legislation that is so discriminatory and un-Australian that John Howard faced an internal revolt when he tried it in 2006."
