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<blockquote data-quote="Oafman" data-source="post: 70351142" data-attributes="member: 321223"><p>Firstly, not all of them are signatories to the Refugee Convention, so they don't have the legal obligations that Australia has, although they do have moral obligations. </p><p></p><p>Secondly, they are critical of other countries in the region. But argue that much of what they do is on the basis of copying Australia, or at least is validated by Australian policies.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/feb/24/australia-among-30-countries-illegally-forcing-return-of-refugees-amnesty-says" target="_blank">Australia among 30 countries illegally forcing return of refugees, Amnesty says</a></strong></span></p><p></p><p><em>Amnesty’s Australia national director, Claire Mallinson, said Australia’s policy of boat-turnbacks – forcibly returning asylum seekers in boats to their countries of transit or origin – was providing an example, and a justification, for other countries to do the same. Boat-borne asylum seekers have been forced back by Australian officials to Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“Last year we saw Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia refusing to allow boats to land, or towing boats back to sea,” Mallinson said.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“In essence, what these countries are doing are copying Australia’s bad practice, and this raises real concerns for the region and the world. If you take that policy to its full conclusion, where boats are being stopped from landing, or where countries are closing their borders, then nobody would be safe, nobody could seek protection anywhere.”</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oafman, post: 70351142, member: 321223"] Firstly, not all of them are signatories to the Refugee Convention, so they don't have the legal obligations that Australia has, although they do have moral obligations. Secondly, they are critical of other countries in the region. But argue that much of what they do is on the basis of copying Australia, or at least is validated by Australian policies. [SIZE=6][B][URL='https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/feb/24/australia-among-30-countries-illegally-forcing-return-of-refugees-amnesty-says']Australia among 30 countries illegally forcing return of refugees, Amnesty says[/URL][/B][/SIZE] [I]Amnesty’s Australia national director, Claire Mallinson, said Australia’s policy of boat-turnbacks – forcibly returning asylum seekers in boats to their countries of transit or origin – was providing an example, and a justification, for other countries to do the same. Boat-borne asylum seekers have been forced back by Australian officials to Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. “Last year we saw Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia refusing to allow boats to land, or towing boats back to sea,” Mallinson said. “In essence, what these countries are doing are copying Australia’s bad practice, and this raises real concerns for the region and the world. If you take that policy to its full conclusion, where boats are being stopped from landing, or where countries are closing their borders, then nobody would be safe, nobody could seek protection anywhere.”[/I] [/QUOTE]
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