Blogger on the Cast Iron Balcony » discretionary power http://castironbalcony.media2.org A blog by an opinionated mother of two, which might lie idle for a while sometimes. The blog, that is. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:08:02 +0000 en hourly 1 If they were super athletes, they’d be in http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2009/09/24/if-they-were-super-athletes-theyd-be-in/ http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2009/09/24/if-they-were-super-athletes-theyd-be-in/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:50:44 +0000 Helen http://castironbalcony.media2.org/?p=696 There is absolutely no reason why Grace Gichuhi and Teresia Ndikaru Muturi shouldn’t be offered asylum in Australia under the provisions of existing international treaties: ”race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion”.

So, Immigration spokespeople and Senator Evans and Refugee tribunal, you think being a female member of a social subgroup which practices forced genital mutilation on women doesn’t constitute being a member of a particular social group?

There’s legislation set to go through Parliament to offer “complementary protection” to cover such cases, if their supporters can keep them here until then. Senator Evans, though, also has a measure of discretionary power and could have approved their application already. For reasons which I can only guess at, in this case, “can’t” means “won’t”.

Fuckers.
 
 
 
 

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