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TPVs breach human rights : Comments

By Kerry Murphy, published 21/11/2013

Another major change since the election has been the reintroduction of the Temporary Protection Visa (TPV) on 18 October 2013.

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You are right, Kerry.

Another excellent argument for Australia withdrawing from the Refugees Convention.
Posted by Jardine K. Jardine, Thursday, 21 November 2013 8:58:05 AM
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<<Kerry Murphy is a partner in D'Ambra Murphy Lawyers and an accredited specialist in immigration law>>

Well,well what a surprise that s/he should be seeking weaker border controls.
Posted by SPQR, Thursday, 21 November 2013 9:04:46 AM
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Why talk about temporary protection visas? The Rudd government had already set up system that would prevent people arriving illegally by boat from EVER settling in Australia. Whether that was another lie, we will never know, but the talk was nobody arriving illegally would get a visa of any kind; they would be sent elsewhere and never live in Australia.

Abbott ‘promised’ to be even tougher, turning boats around, sending them back, stopping them altogether – blah, blah, blah. So far he is not doing all that well at anything he said he would do, but the idea still is, you will not be stopping in Australia if you arrive by boat.

So, surely moaning about TPV’s is irrelevant?

The author is in the big-money area of immigration, so it is natural that she cares more about her career than she does about Australian border protection; but waffling on about the ‘terrible human rights’ issue of something that no longer exists speaks volumes about her ineptitude in law.

If she is talking about ‘genuine’ refugees who have been processed offshore, and are accepted in Australia’s quota, there is nothing to say that even a country silly enough to adhere to the Refugee Convention has to provide permanent residence. Remember the people from Kosovo who were given TEMPORARY asylum, then sent back home when it was safe?

Finally, who says that TPV’s would be used for any refugee who came here through the proper channels? After all, both sides of politics have again decided that they will be deciding who comes to live in Australia.
Posted by NeverTrustPoliticians, Thursday, 21 November 2013 9:29:28 AM
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It is becoming patently clear that a lot of the UMIs are not genuine refugees. The recent four corners program and the article by two American journalists confirm that many of these poeple are not being persecuted. They just see Australia as some where better to live and they have the financial where with all to afford the fees the smugglers charge.
Posted by Sparkyq, Thursday, 21 November 2013 9:45:42 AM
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Come off it Kerri. You say "A major problem for the refugees on TPVs was they could not sponsor their spouse and dependent children from the TPV. This meant that families were forcibly separated for years".

Will you please advise which Ozzie forced these people to abandon their family in the first place.

By the sound of this article you have recently completed acting lessons, the better to jerk tears.
Posted by Hasbeen, Thursday, 21 November 2013 9:58:06 AM
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Rather than TPV send them home, remember that 95% on most boats were men. If they do not want to assimilate just return them.

The recent 4 corners documentary about the ones that were from Lebanon on the boat that sank clearly showed they were Economic Invaders. If they were genuine then the whole village would have to have been considered as genuine (to bad the rest could not afford the $60,000 like one family did).

Here is a link to what has and is happening with some.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-19/refugees-targeted-as-gang-takeover-sparks-bloody/5103606

What is it going to be like in 5 years or so with thousands more here?
Posted by Philip S, Thursday, 21 November 2013 10:40:14 AM
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