Australia Is Worried Foreign Migrants Are Coming

Australia is trashing its international reputation by wanting to impose a lifetime ban on migrants reaching its shores on boats, according to a spokesman for the Australian Lawyers Alliance. On Sunday the Australian government announced plans to ban asylum seekers who arrive on its shores by boat from ever entering the country again. The draconian proposal will place Australia “in the basket of pariah states,” says Australian barrister Greg Barns. Sputnik reports: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the government is set to present a parliamentary bill to amend the Migration Act, and prevent adults who are sent to Australia’s offshore immigration centers from receiving an Australian visa in the future. “This will send the strongest possible signal to the people smugglers, it will send the strongest possible signal to those who are seeking to persuade persons currently on Nauru and Manus (the islands where Australia’s immigration centers are located) that the Australian government will change its mind and allow them to settle here,” Turnbull said. Australian barrister Greg Barns, spokesman for the Australian Lawyers Alliance, told Radio Sputnik that the proposal breaches the UN Refugee Convention. This declares that refugees are entitled to claim asylum regardless of their method [...]

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