"How will Abbott treat ASIO refugees?" "Brandis said an Abbott government would toughen the policy by wiping out the review by retired Federal Court judge Margaret Stone. This was brought in last year by the Gillard government. It has been the only independent examination, albeit a limited one, of the ASIO assessments. The new government also plans to ignore the verdict from the UN Human Rights Committee last month, which declared Australia guilty of 143 violations of human rights over its treatment of the ASIO-rejected refugees, and demanded it release them, and compensate them. The incoming Minister for Immigration, Scott Morrison, was dismissive of the UN call for release when questioned on the ABC last month: “They are entitled to their view and Australia is entitled to protect its’ national security,” he said. The fact that ASIO appears to have got it wrong on a number of occasions doesn’t appear to concern the new government." https://newmatilda/2013/09/08/how-will-abbott-treat-asio-refugees
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