Fight against the Albanese Government’s deportations
Today the High Court upheld the visa cancellation of a refugee who has been fighting the threat of permanent deportation to Nauru.
Our client lived through the horrors of the Iraq wars. In Australia he has faced homelessness and destitution, and indefinite separation from his wife and children. He is now in his 60s and has health conditions that threaten his life.
This is who the Albanese Government believes should be exiled to Nauru for the rest of his life.
The High Court’s decision means our client’s protection visa will not be reinstated, but this does not determine his future. He still has further legal processes underway – including a case with the United Nations Human Rights Committee who ordered the Albanese Government not to deport him while the human rights implications are investigated.
Our client, like every person, has the right to live in safety and dignity – regardless of visa status.
But he is one of hundreds of migrants and refugees the Albanese Government is attempting to deport to Nauru.
Last week, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke quietly signed a $400-million deal with Nauru to allow for the mass deportation of people released from indefinite immigration detention.
And this week the Albanese Government is rushing laws through Parliament that would strip people of fundamental rights and protections during the deportation process.
The new laws would allow the government to carry out mass deportations without ever having to consider the consequences. It would not be necessary to ask whether a person might die in Nauru without proper medical care, or if they would be permanently separated from their families.
The Albanese Government is trying to ram these laws through Parliament right now – with only a rushed, two-hour parliamentary inquiry tonight to consider this legislation and its devastating and lifelong consequences for people facing permanent exile.
Only Home Affairs officials will be allowed to give evidence, while people facing deportation and the organisations working with them have been shut out.
We won’t stop fighting the Albanese Government’s Nauru deportation plans. The government wants to set a new baseline for how we treat migrants and refugees in this country.
But our rights should be the same, regardless of visa status – and we need real solutions that allow people to rebuild their lives in safety and dignity.
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