Aboriginal Passports issued to asylum seekers prevented from entering Australia

Since Australia's Commonwealth Government refuses to fulfil its international obligations, members of Australia's (Ab)Original government - with the endorsement of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy - have decided to issue their own passports for a group of Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were refused entry into Australia

This story relates to the recent debacle surrounding the Sri Lankan, 'Merak refugees' who claimed asylum status in Australia (as is their right under the 1951 UN Refugee Convention to which Australia is signatory) but - due to the government's personal intervention - were detained at Merak, Indonesia, and never made it here.

On 1st May 2010, Labour Day in Australia, a special Original passport signing ceremony was held in Melbourne. These passports will be delivered to the Merak refugees in a few weeks. Original Passports are recognised in many countries around the world, they have been stamped in Europe, Asia and South America.

Obviously it's a symbolic gesture since Australia is one of the countries that does not recognise the government which issued these passports! However, the impact of this gesture will increase with the number of people who learn about it.

"Everyone has the right to seek and enjoy in other countries freedom from persecution" -- Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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• refugee
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[OverReactorBand]

Great to see the Black Mob claiming back their stolen sovereignty, this was a great action. FREE THE REFUGEES!

[coit7]

Overthrow the bastards!! go Origine!!! givem whatfor!!

[gunailad]

Aboriginals were the only race able to live forever, the engish stole all their ideas, mainly from the chinese, they invented arse sniffing (rugby), can only steal, I know of thiefs that are rich and upper class but they are still thiefs, nothings changed, most white races operate like parasites to greedy to care for their childrens future, we never could be so parasitic, im proud, aussie are angry for what? Whinging cry babys, imagine if something actually happen to the bitter bigots,how spoilt

[PerpetualHarvest]

Thanks Juice you guys are on it!

[smithiesal]

I just stumbled across this. A thoughtful action tying together 2 of Australia's most pressing human rights concerns. Any plans to do something like this for the 'Malaysian solution' families?

[zombiekiller117]

@coconutsmoker

Who cares what the abos think ?

You're considering taking into account the thoughts of a group who in 60 thousand years never invented the wheel,written language or agriculture.

The abo's remain the most primitive people on the planet who ONLY left the stone age because at great expense my people,White people dragged them out of it.

In return we have endured sexual assualts,violence and theft from these primates.

Had we shot them all on colonisation we'd have been better off.

[coconutsmoker]

@zombiekiller117

don't you understand that there is a slight difference between occupying someones land, killing and using the natives as slaves, destroying their culture and changing their way of life on the one hand, and seeking for asylum on the other?

Well the "abo's" do

[Dorshon]

Oi Zombie,

Its a bit more complicated than that, as i'm sure you can appreciate. If white man came in peace, things would have been different..

[zombiekiller117]

It just shows Abo's don't actually care about this 'stolen land' crap.

They don't have a problem with 3rd Worlders being on this 'stolen land'

They ONLY have a problem with my people,White people.

They say they are 'anti-racist' but really they're just Anti-White.

Anti-racism is a codeword for Anti-White.

[elliotoblio]

it could be alot worse, actually its very PC when put a sock in all the whingers mouths, 

[elliotoblio]

this is one of the most stupid things i have ever read,every one just stop whinging & wake up before we go down the toilet like America, we have a process of gaining entry to our system & it should be respected or suffer the consequences, i guarantee if the roles where reversed & you were trying to get into their country the treatment would not be humane. Criminally who runs this country ? immigrants do, Italian mafia,lebanese gangs this is a fact & they are & will be running this country soon!