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AUSTRALIA has welcomed in thousands of mostly unvetted “refugees” from Gaza with plans to bring in even more.
The Guardian The opposition has ratcheted up its criticism of the government’s approach to Palestinians seeking to come to Australia from the Gaza war zone. On Tuesday, the opposition’s home affairs spokesperson accused the government of being far more generous than other similar countries in the number of Palestinians from Gaza it was letting in.
Speaking to The Australian, Senator James Paterson said the Albanese government had to “urgently explain” its position. He claimed allies including Five Eyes members the US, UK, Canada and New Zealand had taken “a much more cautious approach”, accepting “only a fraction” of Australia’s intake. While Australia approved 2922 visas for Gazans in the last ten months – 2560 of which were tourist visas – the United States approved only 17, and the United Kingdom approved 168.
The Nightly Labor is facing increasing pressure on all sides to take stronger action on visas for people who have fled Gaza, with the vetting process still under intense scrutiny and the future of those already in Australia in question.
The issue dominated Parliament for the fourth day in a row on Tuesday, as the Coalition questioned why Australia was “ten times more generous” than like-minded countries in accepting refugees from Gaza, and continued to seek assurances that none of the more than 2900 visitor visas processed for the cohort since October 7 pose a risk to national security.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton told his Coalition colleagues on Tuesday there were real concerns Labor had potentially made the country less safe, and floated that if Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was “selling out national security” in order to keep a hold of the party’s western Sydney seats, that would be “unforgivable”. Mr Dutton doubled down on his calls for the government to pause visa approvals for Gazan refugees until it could assure Australians that appropriate security checks were being done.
During a fiery Question Time, the Coalition’s immigration spokesman Dan Tehan asked the Prime Minister five times to put that figure on the public record. Mr Albanese failed to provide an answer every time, instead reiterating his confidence in the country’s security agencies.
“The truth is, these people coming from Gaza are not tourists. They do not intend to return to Gaza. Understandably, they intend to migrate here for as long as they can and stay as long as they can, so why were they granted tourist visas? A requirement of which is you intend to return to where you’ve come from,” he said.
h/t Marvin W
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