Loloskan Australia Asylum Seekers ACT New

CANBERRA, KOMPAS.com- In an attempt to stop the arrival of new asylum seekers, Australia's Parliament Thursday (16/8/2012), the night passed legislation asylum seekers, by opening a new facility for processing asylum seekers outside Australia, which is on the island of Manus (Papua New Guinea) and Nauru.

The proposals put forward the Labour Government was supported by opposition parties, the Liberal Party, although in a discussion in the House of Councillors, the Green Party Senator trying to give additional articles, but the proposal was rejected. After the proposal of the expert team, chaired the former Commander in Chief of the armed forces Houston to open the facility Angus outside Australia is Monday, more than 200 asylum seekers have arrived in Australia. They will now be sent to Nauru.

The team of experts proposed a hard policy so that indeed those who arrive in Australia will not benefit to be processed more quickly than those who ask for asylum elsewhere. According to a report in the Australia correspondent Compass, l. Literature Wijaya, the Green Party, which from the outset reject such policy, denounced the new LAW because it limits how long did not give the asylum seekers will be detained in Nauru.

The Green Party also alleged that Australia violates international human rights obligations. Green Party Senator, Sarah Hanson-Young said, currently at Christmas Island there are 10 children who are still minors, which would probably be transferred to Nauru and they would not get legal protection from the new LAW.

"Under the Pacific solution Julia Gillard was asked, they get less protection than ACT ever made by the Government of John Howard." said Hanson-Young. But Government spokesman in the House of Councillors, Kate Lundy maintains the Government's position by saying, this ACT will save many souls, because preventing asylum seekers travel dangerous at sea.

Kate Lundy also said give special treatment for children, will make the penyeludup the human sent many children without their parents. The Labour Government does seem to be trying hard to overcome the problem of asylum seekers, because politically these issues affect their popularity.

Because there is no effective policy, in the last eight months, more than 7,000 asylum seekers had arrived in Australia, most traveled from Indonesia. Now with this new LAW, the Government led by Prime Minister Julia Gillard wished issue asylum seekers no longer making headlines in the media-political media Australia.

Ecuador Gave Asylum to Julian Assange

Assange supporters demonstrating in front of Ecuador's Embassy in London.

QUITO, KOMPAS.com — Ecuador gave political asylum to the founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, two months after he took refuge at the Embassy bersar South American countries were in London. Assange is attempting to avoid extradition Central from United Kingdom to Sweden.

Ecuador said they worry about the possibility of Assange rights violated.

Ecuador's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino accused the United Kingdom undertook "a threat" to enter the Embassy and held him.

Assange took refuge in the Embassy of Ecuador in June. He hunted in Sweden to review related allegations of rape. However, he is disproving the allegations.

United Kingdom Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the decision to grant political asylum that will not affect the legal obligation to extradite Assange to United Kingdom Sweden.

Protecting vulnerable people

The Ministry says, "we want to seek a settlement through negotiation that allows us to perform obligations under the Extradition Act."

United Kingdom Government still will attempt to arrest him and won't let Assange out of the Embassy. When he comes out, he will be arrested.

Patino said his Government believed that Assange fears over political repression was "legitimate".

He said his country still running tradition of protecting vulnerable people. "We believe, our friendship with the United Kingdom remain intertwined," he added.

The announcement was witnessed firsthand by Assange and Embassy staff in a news conference via video from Quito.