Tag: Refugee Policy

Informed Comment

Australia’s structural cruelty goes beyond refugee policy – » The Australian Independent Media Network

To reframe a description of an Australian government’s policies from cruel to evil, I acknowledge the insights and outrage of Crikey commentator Guy Rundle. Writing on January 12, he refers to the treatment of Park Hotel refugees as “an evil that manifests itself in plain sight”, his charge confirmed by the experiences of 24-year-old detainee Mehdi Ali, who was only 15 when first imprisoned, after he tried to escape oppression in Iran by travelling to Australia by boat. Powerful, proud Canberra politicians have been so preoccupied with appearing strong towards powerless refugees that they appear to enjoy inflicting psychological harm, a practice described by Rundle as “just straight existential horror, weaponized to create permanent damage”.

Source: Australia’s structural cruelty goes beyond refugee policy – » The Australian Independent Media Network

USA

Not only Is Trump’s Refugee Policy Morally Wrong, it is Illegal in US and Int’l Law

From Oct. 15 to present, 2017-2018, only 15,383 refugees were legally admitted to the US. By the way, in previous years up to 40% of those given asylum were Muslims, but almost none of those recently admitted are. Refugee rights organizations reckon that the US will accept only 25,000 refugees this year, down from 110,000 in Obama’s last year. Trump had reduced the ceiling for refugees to 50,000, but has put in place obstacles to the process that result in only half that number coming in. These measures are being taken at a time when the world refugee crisis is more acute, with 68 million displaced, than at any time since World War II.

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Waleed Aly

Waleed Aly Slams Australia’s ‘Poisonous’ Refugee Policy In Scathing New York Times Op Ed

‘We have traded a boat problem for a resettlement one.’

Source: Waleed Aly Slams Australia’s ‘Poisonous’ Refugee Policy In Scathing New York Times Op Ed