Seeking Asylum isn’t Illegal but Australia’s Border Policy May Be
The Australian government’s tough asylum seeker policy, particularly the forcing of boats back to Indonesia, has had everyone talking; everyone except the Australian government that is. However, last week Immigration Minister Scott Morrison broke from his long-running tactic of not commenting to media and actively defended the Government’s Operation Sovereign Borders policy. He told The Australian newspaper, “This government reserves the right to protect Australia’s sovereignty by preventing any vessel illegally entering our territorial waters," and continued “In these circumstances, it is the policy and practice of this government to intercept any such vessel and, where safe to do so, remove it outside Australia’s territorial waters and beyond our contiguous zone”.
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