Protest on Nauru over randomness of detention
Immigration Minister says he will release asylum seekers currently on Christmas Island as part of his deal with Palmer. This is a back down on his claim that no asylum seekers who arrived by boat after July last year would ever be resettled in Australia. However it leaves other asylum seekers who arrived at the same time arbitrarily stuck on Nauru and Manus Island, and available for ‘voluntary’ transfer to Cambodia. When Australian officials delivered Morrisons video message to Nauru, there were protests and self-harm in response. A 15 year old girl drank shampoo, vomited blood and had to be medivacced to Australia, another man cut his throat. Picture and video of the protests over two days are below
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I am so horrified and feel so helpless. I sign the petitions, I share and comment on social media, I vote against these policies and their political parties, I attend the rallies, demonstrations and protests, I make signs and force my reluctant family to attend along with me. There is too much cruelty, too many issues and it just gets worse. Its such a shame when it doesn’t have to be like this, it doesn’t make any sense, financial or otherwise.