Greens senator David Shoebridge says hundreds of children face ‘real threat’ of being separated from parents or sent overseas to ‘unknown future’
Asylum seeker advocates have warned 375 Australian-born children could face orders to cooperate with their removal from the country under Labor’s deportation bill – because they’ve had protection claims denied under the controversial fast-track method.
The Albanese government’s deportation bill creates an offence with a mandatory minimum jail sentence of one year for an unlawful non-citizen refusing to cooperate with their deportation and gives the immigration minister powers to blacklist new visa applications from countries that refuse involuntary deportations.
The answers to questions on notice reveal that “as at 31 December 2023, 375 people born in Australia who are fast track applicants have been refused a temporary protection or safe haven enterprise visa”. “Under these cruel plans nearly 400 children are now faced with the real threat that they will be separated from their parents, or sent overseas to face a hostile and unknown future.”Shoebridge noted the minister “doesn’t need to have any regard to the best interests of children when issuing a direction to their parents”, which he labelled a “breach of international law, and also basic dignity”.
“Removal directions could easily be issued requiring the parent of an Australian citizen child to consent to removal, even if it would result in their child being taken into state care.
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