The human rights committee’s request, as it hears two cases about citizens’ ‘right to return’, should be a wake-up call for the government, advocates say
A United Nations request that Australia promptly allow the return of two citizens from the United States should be “a wake-up call” for the government, according to a group campaigning to help thousands of stranded Australians.
The UN human rights committee is considering separate complaints from two Australians, Jason George, who lives in New Jersey, and Alex, who lives in Hawaii and did not want his surname used, about the impact of Australia’s strict caps on international arrivals.
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The UN Human Rights Committee has accepted our submissions that the petitioners would suffer “irreparable harm” if not permitted to return home and ordered their “immediate” repatriation to Australia. @FreeandOpenAust pic.twitter.com/CuA2gFoQHn
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