Behrouz Boochani never thought he’d make it to Australia.
Peter Dutton said he’d never set foot on Australian soil.
After Behrouz sought asylum by boat in 2013, he was detained under Labor & Coalition Governments in Manus Island and Port Moresby until 2019. He was then granted refugee status in New Zealand.
Today he’s in the Parliament of Australia.
Why? To demand that the Labor Government support Senator Nick McKim’s Evacuation to Safety Bill and demand a Royal Commission into offshore detention.
If passed the Greens bill would offer immediate evacuation to the over 150 refugees still held in offshore on PNG and Nauru, giving them the right to come to Australia while they pursue resettlement options.
We can’t take back the cruel treatment endured by Behrouz and all those detained in offshore processing.
But if Labor support this bill, we could finally free his brothers who remain in these torture camps, and get one step closer to closing them for good.
#BringThemHere