[Greens-Media] Greens will vote to block Cambodia deal

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

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Tuesday, 20 May 2014

Greens will vote to block Cambodia deal

The Australian Greens have vowed to use their numbers in the Senate to block any deal to establish a refugee dump in Cambodia.

"We will vote to block Tony Abbott's secret, dirty deal with Cambodia," the Greens' immigration spokesperson, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said.

"The Abbott Government needs the Parliament's approval to make this deal happen. Chest thumping arrogance alone won't be enough and the Greens are ready to stand in his way.

"Bouncing people around the region like Ping-Pong balls, sending them from one impoverished nation to another, is not a lasting solution.

"It's unacceptable that the Abbott Government is shaping up to send women and children to a country with a history of whippings, caning and electro-shock torture.

"Amnesty International have noted that the rape of young girls is on the increase in Cambodia. How Tony Abbott thinks that it is an appropriate place to send anyone, let alone women and children, is beyond belief.

"As one of the poorest countries in the world, with one of the worst human rights records, Cambodia is a fundamentally unacceptable place for Australia to dump its refugees."


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