Lawyers push for nauru asylum hearing
The detention centre of Nauru is seen during a visit in Canberra, Australia, July 11, 2016. REUTERS/Chris Hopkins
The issue is likely to be one of the key arguments at a U.N. General Assembly vote on whether to impose new sanctions on Nauru to remove the country from the U.N. list of countries that could take responsibility for their nationals.
The Liberal Democrat government has said it is committed to giving Nauru the help and support it needs to cope with refugees.
But Labor and the Greens have said they have concerns about how much assistance Nauru is entitled to under U.N. law.
“The federal Labor Government has just had its heart broken by the Liberals, this is an issue the Liberals are taking up and it’s one that Labor won’t take up, it’s a matter of national security,” Greens leader Christine Milne said.
Lawyers for some Nauru nationals on Manus Island have said their clients would take Nauru’s asylum claim with them if they are allowed to stay there, despite being unable to work and being on high leave and receiving no money.
They had said their clients would be entitled to asylum if Nauru were granted Australian residency. Nauru’s government declined to give comment on their request.
U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres is expected to announce on Monday that the first member country to receive a resettle refugees to Australia will have to make an application to the United Nations to become a permanent member of a U.N. refugee agency.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement: “Nauru is a safe and cooperative third country for any person who seeks protection from persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion”.
Ban, who is from S우리카지노outh Korea, said he would review how the process of the relocation had played out on Manus Island.
The Australian Federal Police have also said they are aware of evidence of illegal activity by Australian authorities on Manus Island.
