Australian Home Minister: Time to rethink 1951 UN
Refugee Convention, by Ann Corcoran 4/8/18
Whoa!
Now that would shake up the No Borders International Left for sure!
Peter
Dutton is talking about the 1951 Refugee Convention that is under the control of the
UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
Yes! Let’s push for an end to the UN
Convention. Each country should make its own immigration policy!
He
has a point!
Resettlement
is not possible for the millions of migrants moving around the world, so why
not create a better system to care for them where they are!
In
fact, President Donald Trump told the United Nations this very thing on September
19, 2017 (see here).
But, the time is now and that
means we should be on the offense and question the very underpinning
of a system that is dangerously flawed, erodes national sovereignty, and is
costly!
From The Guardian: The home
affairs minister, Peter Dutton, says “like-minded” countries [like the US!—ed]
should come together to review the relevance of the 1951 United Nations refugee
convention, arguing the document is outdated and does not account for
the modern movement of people. Peter
Dutton: Is the 1951 Refugee Convention relevant today?
In
a wide-ranging interview with Guardian Australia conducted on Tuesday, Dutton
flagged a reluctance to allow the elderly family members of immigrants to come
to Australia, and a desire to incentivize new arrivals to move to regional
communities. He also reaffirmed the country’s commitment to a nondiscriminatory
immigration policy.
Dutton
said he agreed with statements made by the British Prime Minister, Theresa May,
and others suggesting the UN convention relating to the status of refugees
could be modernized “or at least an update of the way in which the convention
works and what it provides for”.
He
said countries’ efforts to resettle refugees were “token” given the numbers of
displaced people, and argued offering support to refugee camps would be more
effective than resettling a small portion of the refugee population.
Continue reading here. See that he backtracked on
earlier remarks about saving white South Africans.
Contact the White House! Tell the President to go on the offense and push for dumping the 1951
UN Refugee Convention.
If
nothing else, a debate on the issue would be extremely useful and might even
force our do-nothing Congress to reevaluate the Refugee Act of 1980—a law that has over time allowed the UN
to call the shots on who comes to the US as refugees. See my Australia category
by clicking here.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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