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Australia’s inhumane immigration policies don’t get talked about enough. Let’s change that. Start here 👇🏻

CW: Racism, Immigration, Detention
#Migration #MigrationDU #Australia
The Immigration Restriction Act of 1901 marked the beginning of what Australian officials dubbed the ‘White Australia Policy’, a series of racist policies aimed at keeping non-Europeans out.

nma.gov.au/defining-momen…
These policies were specifically targeted toward Asian migrants, the prime minister at the time, Edmund Barton, is quoted saying "The doctrine of the equality of man was never intended to apply to the equality of the Englishman and the Chinaman."

aph.gov.au/About_Parliame…
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