World Refugee Day Rally - Refugees Are Welcome
Submitted by Flowerpower on Mon, 31/05/2010 - 7:52pmThe recent decisions to freeze processing of all claims by asylum seekers from Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, and to re-open the notorious Curtin detention centre, are taking us back to the dark days of Australia's recent past.
Refugees should be welcomed to this country, not vilified, victimised and used as political footballs to secure electoral advantage. Seeking asylum is not a crime - it is a human right.