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| Our client left w/ no choice but to return to High Ct seeking visa decision by Govt & freedom from detention |
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| On the tonight about of all of Aus to deny seekers a fair go before the law for their claims |
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| How do we promote a better protection system for in our region when we excise our mainland to deny asylum seekers due process? |
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| Excision laws have seen seeker children expelled to indignity & damage abroad. Extending excision extends this inhumanity |
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| Excision of mainland Aus to deny seekers due process risks serious miscarriages of justice & deportation of to danger |
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| Excision of all of Aus to prevent seekers applying for protection under due process risks violating rights & endangering lives |
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| Delighted be a ambassador for the Let's honour, affirm & progress human dignity |
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| How we will explain to future generations why it was a 'necessary' 'last resort' to incarcerate & further harm families seeking ? |
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| Are we creating a new 'Damaged Generation' who endure a 2nd wave of suffering under indefinite detention before becoming Australians? |
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| As Govt expands detention of families, its own policy still promises detention only as last resort & not for kids: |
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| Govt's policy says detention is only to be used as a "last resort". There are clear alternatives to locking up kids |
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| Deterrence policy makes it 'acceptable', even 'necessary', to expel a child seeking into harm's way offshore |
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| A great honour to have given 's Conference keynote on human rights in Aus. Immensely important & inspiring gathering |
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| This is b/c, at its heart, the Convention calls for a commitment by nations to protect people fleeing persecution, not punish them |
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| Our international standing and authority are diminished by describing the right to seek as a crime. |
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| Art 14 Univ Dec Human Rights:"Everyone has the right to seek & to enjoy in other countries from persecution." A right, not a crime |
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| The right to seek comes w/ an obligation to protect; the false claim that it's 'illegal' comes w/ false claim it's ok to punish |
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| Looking forward to Majak Daw's debut tomorrow for as 1st Sudanese-born player. Go & Go Roos! |
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| ' seekers denied legal rights: advocates', in radical retreat from longstanding law & practice |
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| Other comparable countries like UK & Canada do not indefinitely incarcerate on security grounds. Aus must learn from this. |
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