The news that Neil Para and his family have been granted permanent visas is very welcome. They have been waiting since August 2012. It was doubly welcome as it came right at the end of Neil’s 1,000 kilometre walk from Ballarat to Prime Minister Albanese\u2019s electorate in Sydney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Neil Para\u2019s permanent visa raises the same question as the permanent visas granted to the Biloela family \u2013 what is the future for the 10,000 others rejected under fast track or still waiting for a decision?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Labor recognises the flaws in the fast track system introduced under Morrison but has done nothing to rectify those flaws; despite policy, the fast-track system has not been abolished. Nor has Labor provided any systematic way to review the flawed decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Neil\u2019s walk exposed the difficulties his family faced having to survive for more than 11 years without work rights, study rights, basic income support or Medicare. Labor is forcing many other individuals and families, rejected by fast track, to survive in the same impossible circumstances.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite their claims of concern for vulnerable migrant workers, and their review of the migration system, Labor is doing nothing for this most vulnerable group of people who arrived in Australia seeking asylum who have been cruelly failed by the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDespite many approaches to the Minister, Andrew Giles is still unwilling to fix this glaring injustice,\u201d said Ian Rintoul, spokesperson for the Refugee Action Coalition, \u201cYet, ministerial intervention over the Biloela family and now Neil Para\u2019s family has shown how simply it could be fixed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTen thousand people failed by fast track are waiting for justice. Albanese\u2019s election night promise that \u2018no one would be left behind by Labor\u2019 is a dim memory.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rallies are planned in three capital cities in October to take the fight to Labor and demand justice for the 10,000 people still\u00a0in limbo for over ten years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sydney rally, “Permanent Visas For All”, Sunday 29 October, 2pm, Sydney Town Hall; Melbourne\u00a0Sunday 8 October, 2pm at the State Library; Brisbane, Sunday 29 October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more information contact : Ian Rintoul 0417 275 713<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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