{"id":67906,"date":"2015-04-20T10:17:47","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T18:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=67906"},"modified":"2015-04-20T10:17:47","modified_gmt":"2015-04-20T18:17:47","slug":"australia-tries-to-rid-itself-of-persian-illegals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=67906","title":{"rendered":"Australia Tries To Rid Itself Of Persian Illegals"},"content":{"rendered":"

REPORT<\/a>: Tehran (AFP) – Iran is not willing to accept its nationals being forcibly deported from Australia but will welcome back citizens of their own free will, a top official warned Sunday.<\/p>\n

The remarks by deputy foreign minister Hassan Ghashgavi came as Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop visited Tehran but failed to make a breakthrough on a long-running immigration dispute.<\/p>\n

Ghashgavi, whose brief covers consular affairs, signalled the two countries are widely at odds and he even launched a thinly veiled dig at foreign states who send people back to their place of origin.<\/p>\n

“Any forced deportation is contrary to human rights, but we believe that the voluntary return of every Iranian to his country is not a problem,” the ISNA news agency quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n

“All immigration countries make a selection. They welcome those they consider useful to their society… and reject others to be forcib ly deported.”<\/p>\n

Iranians make up 23 percent of 1,848 people held in immigration detention centres in Australia, according to official figures from late March.<\/p>\n

Under a hardline policy, asylum-seekers arriving by boat in Australia are subject to mandatory detention, and since 2013 have been denied resettlement even if found to be genuine refugees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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