- Target:
- House of Representatives (Federal parliament)
- Region:
- Australia
- Website:
- refugeeaction.org.au
This petition of the undersigned citizens and residents of Australia
Draws to the attention of the House:
(i) that the security situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated and that the Afghan government cannot provide safety for asylum seekers returned to any area of Afghanistan, including Kabul;
(ii) that according to a UN report there are “credible allegations and evidence” that the Sri Lanka military, headed by Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, committed war crimes, and that thousands of Tamils remain in government controlled internment camps;
(iii) that the Australian government cannot guarantee the human rights or the safety of asylum seekers deported to those countries.
We therefore ask the House to:
(i) recognise that it is not safe to deport asylum seekers to either Afghanistan or Sri Lanka, and
(ii) therefore refrain from the forcible deportation of Afghan or Sri Lankan asylum seekers.
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The No forcible deportations: don't deport to danger petition to House of Representatives (Federal parliament) was written by rac_sydney and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition.