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The brutal mosque attack today in Christchurch is heartbreaking. So many of our clients, community and staff are Muslims. Our hearts are breaking. We can’t imagine the pain and suffering. We have to be there for our Muslim brothers and sisters.
Amidst this pain what comes to mind is the #ByBoatNoVisa Australian gov policy (one of the shooters has been identified as being from Australia) that made migrants fleeing Afghanistan et al. wait on Nauru, an almost uninhabitable island, while they waited to apply for asylum.
Recently the US gov introduced a 'Remain in Mexico' policy forcing migrants from Central America to wait in Mexico while their asylum cases are processed. This policy is a very similar anti-immigrant policy put in place by Australia in 2013.
