Indian business and community leaders call on the government to reverse its drastic ban on arrivals from India, ahead of an urgent meeting with the immigration minister Bianca Healey Credit: Steve Christo
Indian Australian business groups and other community leaders have spoken out in opposition to the Australian government’s ban on arrivals from India.
The public comments come in advance of a meeting with Australian immigration minister Alex Hawke on Wednesday.
The ban is currently blocking 9,000 Australian citizens, including 650 considered vulnerable, from re-entering Australia.
Members of the Indian Australian business and wider community have rebuked the government’s ban on arrivals into the country by anyone who was in India within 14 days of their departure, ahead of an urgent meeting with the immigration minister today.
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Subscriber only A HIGH-PROFILE Townsville businessman with links to Mackay has thrown his hat in the ring to replace retiring rogue MP George Christensen for the LNP. And in a sign federal Labor now views the seat of Dawson as vulnerable for the Coalition, Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has jetted in to the Sugar City to personally unveil the party s candidate.
Pressure is mounting on the Australian government to reverse its India travel ban as the United Nations joins a growing list of organisations questioning its legitimacy.
The UN Human Rights Committee on Wednesday raised serious concerns about the Morrison government s move to ban its own citizens from returning from India and criminalise breaches.
Committee spokesman Rupert Colville said the committee generally saw few, if any circumstances to justify depriving citizens of their right to return home.
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