UNHCR publicly at odds with the Immigration Minister over Australias shirking of the requirements of the Refugee Convention: Mr Morrison said Australia’s key obligation to asylum seekers was to provide a “temporary safe haven” until they were “able to return home to a peaceful and prosperous life”. But Mr Turk called this a “simplistic” approach, saying while some people might lose their refugee status once they no longer needed international protection, others required it for life.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 23:05:00 +0000