Founder of Green Formosa Front (Taiwan) & @Corner_Link (Australia); Secretary @PplJustLikeUs; Social Entrepreneur, Environmentalist & Energy Auditor / Analyst
One off humanitarian intake:
#MayBudget2023
Will #Labor utilise the places lying unused since covid? No extra money needs to be spent. It’s enough to cover all those #refugees warehoused in #Indonesia in #PNG#Nauru and also the #Medevac & #FastTrack cohorts. If not why not ?
Yes appalling exploitation.Of workers.But what could be worse than being driven to suicide in detention,being trafficked to #PNG#Nauru, warehoused in #Indonesia for a decade unable to work or study.The appalling exploitation of ripping families apart, of deportation to danger
Are we surprised! #Australia treats immigrants appallingly. Especially #refugees & asylum seekers.Most people on #Manus#Nauru had tertiary degrees.But instead we tortured them. #Labor now has the opportunity to remedy this and win. In future we will be begging them to come here
So do it! #refugees have skills
13,700 waiting in #Indonesia now, contained there by #Australia with Oz tax $$ and forbidden to work. Hearing Is needs 190,000 immigrants to keep the show on the road - plenty of scope to include #refugees from our region
Good to hear this. Pls include #humanitarian entrants from our region in this economic miracle. Deterrence polices do not serve us. Other solutions exist. #Labor is good at developing the necessary big infrastructure, education health, regional NBN and we need workers to do that.
.@ClareONeilMP Does this mean that you acknowledge the huge importance of a robust humanitarian program in #JobsAndSkills? Right now there are around 13700 #refugees warehoused in #Indonesia at #Australia’s bidding - not allowed to work or study & we pay. Better to #BringThemHere
You would think it’s a good idea to tap into the labour source of #refugees waiting in #Indonesia for almost 10 years instead of being contained there (unable to work) by #Australia with our tax $$ thru #IOM#BringThemHere - they can work + no more chance to get “wedged on boats”
Part of this right migration mix must be to include #refugees from our region, start with those in #Indonesia & fix #Medevac#PNG#Nauru Dump deterrence not the people who need safety - committed workers who boost productivity.
Indeed, this is the perfect moment to use the covid shortfall in #humanitarian visas by settling those who have been waiting for so long in #Indonesia in a one off humanitarian intake & also to finally clear up #PNG#Nauru to get them off the table and reset #refugees#auspol
A full house for tonight’s premiere. The existence of ppl smugglers is due to the wars, and the refugee policy based on “deterrence”. Without ppl smugglers, refugees would die. #batoorarefugeejourney#peoplesmugglers
Ready & pumped for BATOOR’s sold out premiere in Sydney tonight. Two journalists who were great part of my story after my escape from detention in 🇮🇩 will be there. The person who played a great role in my resettlement to Australia will honor me with her presence! @RACSaustralia
@AlboMP RUOK with continuing to torture the political hostages on #Nauru? In #PNG AND #Indonesia
As long as you keep #Nauru open every word you utter about “a better future” is
Meaningless !
You would think it would also be a smart move for #Labor to clear out the place where “the boats”come from. Do they want a cohort of grateful lifetime #Labor voters or do they want a festering time bomb on our doorstep that can be manipulated by the likes of Dutton? #auspol