At around 2.30pm every day, Ismail Hussein wakes up and looks out the window of his small room in the Park Hotel in Carlton.
He desires freedom but the Australian government seems to have made it clear that he will not get it here.The hotel is a drab, grey building on the corner of Lincoln Square North and Swanston Street. In the windows, men can occasionally be seen peering out over the street. Recently, it has been the centre of a COVID-19 outbreak, a fire and a brief incursion from a celebrity guest of the government, male world No.1 tennis player Novak Djokovic. Allegations of unlivable conditions are frequent.
Somalia has been in civil war since 1991, when the regime of President Siad Barre fell. From 1992, many Somalis sought asylum in Australia. Melbourne is home to the largest Somali population in the country, with about 7000 Somalis living here. Referring to people such as Hussein as “transitory persons,” the spokesperson said in a statement they could return to a regional processing centre or seek settlement in a third country such as the United States. Some could be allowed into the Australian community under community detention, if the minister decided it was in the public interest.
“It is very inconsistent … it is entirely in the hands of the minister to decide whether Ismail gets a visa. It is just like God”, she says.In the case of another refugee, Ms Harendran says the court lodged a non-refoulement assessment under the UN Refugee Convention, meaning they could not be returned to their home country because they had a fear of persecution. Only then did the minister respond.
najsambul No he not being kept, he can leave anytime he wants. He will get free travel back to his homeland Is confinement is self inflicted.
najsambul Where is Ismail Hussein from? Is his country of origin at war with Australia? Ismail Hussein’s accommodation sounds similar to an internment camp?
najsambul Oh stop going on about this.
reinventionfail najsambul The treatment of these people is beneath contempt
najsambul There is nothing that can describe the utter cruelty of this Australian Morrison Federal Government .That are keeping innocent people locked up for decades.. Why has it not being taken to Higher Authority overseas, The Court of Human Rights to put Trade Sanctions on Australia
najsambul Ismail is also free to leave detention when he repays the $650k hotel bill (assuming a low $200 nightly rate).
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