DIMIA police state
A good friend of mine visits Villawood detention center regularly - and speaks with the prisoners there. The other day, some Department of Immigration thugs visited her place, and asked her mother about her activities - why she went to Villawood, etc etc. Apparently she was the last person to see a detainee before he escaped. They also asked about her grandfather (a 90+ year old Indian born man) - just to heavy them up.
So - now the Immigration Department has taken it upon themselves to harass those who try and protect the human rights of people seeking refuge in Australia? This has surely gone too far (as if it hadn't already). According to my friend, these detention centres really are run like prison camps - and people are deported in the middle of the night (to avoid disruption) - without telling any of their fellow prisoners, and with no chance to say goodbye.
Can someone tell me why "illegal" immigrants are so harshly punished, but when they are unlawfully detained, there is no penalty? How about we lock up the responsible DIMIA officials - actually, better still, the Minister(s) for 5 years. Whats fair is fair!
What REALLY scares me about this is - what would stop the following scenario unfolding for my friend: DIMIA tells the Federal Police that the escaped illegal immigrant may have had a terrorist background. The Federal Police, under the new laws determine the detainee as a suspected terrorist threat, thereby making my friend an associate of a "terrorist". As such, she could be locked away for 2 weeks and interrogated. Once she is release, she can tell 1 family member about where she was, but they can't tell anyone else, or face jail. In other words, she could "disappear" for 2 weeks - KGB style - just for doing what I think is a very noble and honourable service.
I'm really beginning to hate this country... I really am. And if that makes me Un-Australian, then so be it - because I don't wanna be part of and Australia that defines itself like this. As far as I'm concerned, this Governments Policies are about as un-Australian as you can get - since I thought Australian society was about fairness and equal justice for all - and a fair days pay for a fair days work. This Government has perverted the meaning of "Australian" - and nobody cares.
So - now the Immigration Department has taken it upon themselves to harass those who try and protect the human rights of people seeking refuge in Australia? This has surely gone too far (as if it hadn't already). According to my friend, these detention centres really are run like prison camps - and people are deported in the middle of the night (to avoid disruption) - without telling any of their fellow prisoners, and with no chance to say goodbye.
Can someone tell me why "illegal" immigrants are so harshly punished, but when they are unlawfully detained, there is no penalty? How about we lock up the responsible DIMIA officials - actually, better still, the Minister(s) for 5 years. Whats fair is fair!
What REALLY scares me about this is - what would stop the following scenario unfolding for my friend: DIMIA tells the Federal Police that the escaped illegal immigrant may have had a terrorist background. The Federal Police, under the new laws determine the detainee as a suspected terrorist threat, thereby making my friend an associate of a "terrorist". As such, she could be locked away for 2 weeks and interrogated. Once she is release, she can tell 1 family member about where she was, but they can't tell anyone else, or face jail. In other words, she could "disappear" for 2 weeks - KGB style - just for doing what I think is a very noble and honourable service.
I'm really beginning to hate this country... I really am. And if that makes me Un-Australian, then so be it - because I don't wanna be part of and Australia that defines itself like this. As far as I'm concerned, this Governments Policies are about as un-Australian as you can get - since I thought Australian society was about fairness and equal justice for all - and a fair days pay for a fair days work. This Government has perverted the meaning of "Australian" - and nobody cares.
Man that's awful news!! I hope she doesn't get bothered any more! And good on her for making the effort to support the poor folks out there!
I really hope the state governments and the backbenchers stand up against these crazy laws!!
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you need to look at the bigger picture this person has escaped from a detention center she was detained because she was illegal. That means she has broken the Australian law if you or i brake the law we go to prison why should the illegal immigrants be any different.
Of course your mother would of been questioned any person that has visited her would of been questioned. What did you think would happen with the ID information they record when you come to visit?
Have you seen what these illegal immigrants get? They get new clothes a bed with blankets, 3 meals a day, plasma TV's, xbox a $30,000 gym, a cafe. No how many Australian people would like to have access to thosse things? Let me ansewer that for you the homeless, the poor and middle class people. I know that for a fact so don't tell me poor illegal immigrants...