Labor’s approach to Australia’s immigration system is too similar to the Liberal Party and leading to the same disastrous human rights outcomes.
“Secret transfers of people seeking asylum to Nauru is a disgraceful continuation of the last government’s war on refugees,” Greens Immigration Spokesperson Senator Nick McKim said.
“They need to explain why they are exiling people to Nauru instead of ending the barbaric practice of offshore detention immediately.”
“Labor’s approach to asylum seekers is so flawed it may as well have been designed by Scott Morrison or Peter Dutton.”
“This Government was elected on a platform of change, not just to offer the same rubbish in a different bin.”
“The Nixon Report identified the massive delays in asylum seeker resolution – that needs to be addressed by actually investing resources into resolving claims quickly and fairly.”
“It also needs to be addressed by restoring massive cuts the Status Resolution Support Services, as Labor promised to do.”
“Labor should rule out using the Nixon report to remove people’s rights, ditch the Dutton law and order rhetoric and concentrate on making the visa processing system faster and fairer.”