Last night Melissa and Anna Burke were guest speakers at ‘Labor MPs speak out: Why our Refugee Policy Must Change’, an event hosted by the Refugee Action Committee. Hundreds of people came to show their support for a humane and compassionate approach to asylum seekers. “I want to apologise to you all – Anna and I are members of a political class that has let Australia down – a class …. that has helped to put in place, not just physically and legally but also psychologically in the minds of too many Australians, the grotesque system that Australia has developed over the past more than a decade to treat some of the world’s most vulnerable people who turn to this country for help.” “Here in Australia we are not only denying desperate and traumatised men women and children the right to land but we are further punishing those who do make the journey and claim asylum. We do this onshore and offshore, but always out of sight.” Refugee Action Labor for Refugees WA Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA)
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 06:57:54 +0000
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