[Greens-Media] Greens commend Charles Sturt Council's vote to support young refugees

[Schultz-Byard, Noah (Sen S. Hanson-Young)]

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Tuesday, 29 July 2014

Greens commend Charles Sturt Council's vote to support young refugees

Tony Abbott and Scott Morrison will be hearing from the Charles Sturt Council in South Australia after they voted last night to call for the return of two refugee students who were rounded up and taken to a Darwin detention centre a month ago.

"I congratulate these councillors who are standing up for their community," the Greens' immigration spokesperson, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said.

"When these students were rounded up and dumped in a Darwin detention centre it sent a shockwave through the school and its community.

"The Woodville High students who spoke at the Council meeting clearly want their friends back and it's time the Abbott government listened.

"Hopefully, after hearing from the Charles Sturt Councillors, Tony Abbott and Scott Morrison will realise that these students should be brought back to their community.

"With the government acting like this, it's no wonder that 15 other students have fled in in fear of being rounded up themselves. As the legal guardian of unaccompanied refugee children, the Immigration Minister should be caring for these kids, not scaring them into hiding.

"Children should not be caught up in the politics of the day and the Abbott government must commit to returning these students to their community as soon as possible."


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NOAH SCHULTZ-BYARD  STRATEGY AND COMMUNICATIONS ADVISER

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