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By SJA Jafri {(Bureau Chief Australia),(Courtesy Messenger)}
MELBOURNE: On the basis of this phenomenon that “Australia has humanitarian and legal obligations to accept refugees and reunite families, Australian society benefits from immigration” and having a policy that “immigration must be non-discriminatory”, the Greens’ Immigration and Refugees Policy has become not only the most popular in Australia but is being discussed too worldwide, experts claimed.
Talking to Messenger, dozens of immigration connoisseurs, migration specialists, refugees’ consultants and politicians have said that this election is unique in that up to 50 percent voters are expected to have voted before Election Day. This means the parties are appealing to a smaller number of voters in the final week of the campaign than in previous elections while the major parties had avoided embarrassing gaffes in the early days of the campaign, there have been a few missteps of late.
Experts shorted that “The Greens” is a fast-rising Australian political party because of its manifesto which is consisted of basic human rights and principles those follow the ground realities of the nation and that’s why the majority of the people expect that “The Green” would be the ruling party in Australia soon.
According to the principles of the party, “Green” believes Australia’s cultural, ethnic and linguistic diversity should be celebrated for greatly enriching our society and economy and this diversity is enhanced by the immigration of people to Australia. Immigration must be non-discriminatory on the grounds of nationality, ethnicity, religion, language, level of English language competence, gender, disability, sexuality, age or socioeconomic background.
Australia must uphold its humanitarian and legal obligations to people seeking asylum and refugees, grant refugees protection and reunite families as required by international human rights law and the Refugee Convention 1951 and its Protocol.
Meanwhile, “The Greens” wants that a permanent migration program for refugees and migrants to Australia that prioritises family reunion and humanitarian entrants, and facilitates migration or resettlement to Australia within a reasonable time, the development of networks, materials and programs that increase community understanding of the causes and benefits of migration.
Sufficient funding for public and community sector agencies providing migrant-specific services to deliver adequate, effective and timely support, a review of the family, skilled and business migration streams to prioritise family reunion and meeting skills shortages, skilled migration programs that do not substitute for training or undermine wages and conditions in Australia.
Consistent, timely and fair processes to assess the qualifications of skilled migrants permanently settling in Australia, the recognition that unaccompanied children have rights and are entitled to special care and assistance, including a separate approach to the adult system, in which the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration.
No family unit to be forcibly separated by Australian immigration assessment processes, greater incentives for rural and regional distribution of refugees and immigrants using successful models for settlement, access to Australia’s migration programs, including the family migration program, to not discriminate on the basis of economic circumstances, the incorporation of relevant international conventions into immigration law to ensure that there is an avenue for complaint when these rights are breached.
Any appointment to tribunals to be independently made in accordance with a predefined formula of civil society representation and legal expertise, services for new migrants, refugees and special category visa holders that include appropriate English language and financial literacy classes, social security, health, legal and interpreter services, and post-trauma counselling where needed.
