Labor’s national platform supports offshore processing of asylum seekers but not at any cost. We must reconsider our support for government policyOn Tuesday,the Labor caucus again debated a motion seeking to re-set Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers absent from pointless and unconscionable cruelty, and towards our core values of fairness, or compassion and freedom. That would require the closure of the offshore detention centres at Manus Island and Nauru.
It is essential that Labor reconsider our support for government policy because over the final two years we have been confronted with report after report from credible sources that detail the commonplace violence,assaults, abuse and rapes suffered by asylum seekers and refugees on Nauru and Manus Island. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com