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senate vote 2010-06-17#2
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World Refugee Day- Motions - World Refugee Day - Concerns about policies
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<p class="speaker">Sarah Hanson-Young</p><p>I move:</p><dl><dt></dt><dd>That the Senate—<dl><dt>(a)</dt><dd>recognises that:<dl><dt>(i)</dt><dd>20 June 2010 marks World Refugee Day 2010,</dd><dt>(ii)</dt><dd>the global theme for 2010 is ‘Home’, in recognition of the plight of more than 40 million uprooted people around the world, and</dd><dt>(iii)</dt><dd>as a signatory to the 1951 United Nations Geneva Convention Relating to the Status on Refugees, Australia is obliged to protect those seeking asylum from persecution;</dd></dl></dd><dt>(b)</dt><dd>notes, with concern:<dl><dt>(i)</dt><dd>the Government’s commitment to reopening desert detention centres across the country, and</dd><dt>(ii)</dt><dd>the effect that the suspension of processing claims for asylum seekers from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan will have on the mental health of some of the worlds most vulnerable; and</dd></dl></dd><dt>(c)</dt><dd>calls on the Government to immediately lift the imposed suspension and process all claims for asylum, irrespective of race or ethnicity.</dd></dl></dd></dl><p>Question put.</p>- The majority voted against a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2010-06-17.13.2) introduced by Greens Senator [Sarah Hanson-Young](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/sarah_hanson-young) (SA), which means it failed.
- ### Motion text
- > *That the Senate—*
- > *(a) recognises that:*
- >> *(i) 20 June 2010 marks World Refugee Day 2010,*
- >> *(ii) the global theme for 2010 is ‘Home’, in recognition of the plight of more than 40 million uprooted people around the world, and*
- >> *(iii) as a signatory to the 1951 United Nations Geneva Convention Relating to the Status on Refugees, Australia is obliged to protect those seeking asylum from persecution;*
- > *(b) notes, with concern:*
- >> *(i) the Government’s commitment to reopening desert detention centres across the country, and*
- >> *(ii) the effect that the suspension of processing claims for asylum seekers from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan will have on the mental health of some of the worlds most vulnerable; and*
- > *(c) calls on the Government to immediately lift the imposed suspension and process all claims for asylum, irrespective of race or ethnicity.*
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