Protesters gather to oppose Australia's refugee policy

Record ID: 908708

  • Title: Protesters gather to oppose Australia's refugee policy
  • Date: 31st August 2017
  • Summary: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (AUGUST 31, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS PROTESTER HOLDING SIGN READING "CLOSE MANUS ISLAND & NAURU. END OFFSHORE DETENTION" PROTESTERS HOLDING SIGNS VARIOUS OF SPOKESPERSON FOR THE REFUGEE ACTION COALITION, IAN RINTOUL SPEAKING TO PROTESTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) SPOKESPERSON FOR THE REFUGEE ACTION COALITION, IAN RINTOUL SAYING: "So the situation is artificial and arbitrary. It's being driven by a political agenda of the coalition government. So people should be here, the people who need medical attention, who are in Australia should be provided, immediately should get the same kind of support, government support that any other refugee gets. Instead of being cut off and vilified with visas that suggest that they are going to be returned to Manus or Nauru or to their home countries, they should be given permanent visas and allowed to settle in the country as other refuges are entitled too."
  • Embargoed: 14th September 2017 07:29
  • Keywords: Australia migration refugee policy protest
  • Location: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
  • City: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
  • Country: Australia
  • Topics: Asylum/Immigration/Refugees,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016WHL5J9
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Dozens of protesters rallied on Thursday (August 31) in Sydney to oppose Australia's hardline treatment of refugees.
    While the CEO of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Michael Pezzullo gave a speech at the Centre of Independent Studies, outside the building protesters voiced their anger at the government's recent move to cut support for refugees bought from Manus or Nauru to Australia for medical assistance.
    Under Australia's tough border security laws, asylum seekers intercepted trying to reach the country by boat are sent for processing at detention camps on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island and the tiny South Pacific island nation of Nauru.
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