Tomorrow is the deadline for the release of refugee families in detention in Australia. It’s the result of a deal done within the Liberal party, in which backbenchers pressurised the government to change its policy on mandatory detention of all illegial assylum seekers and refugees.
So by the end of tomorrow 70 children will have been released, along with their families, to live in real communities. Only thing is that most of them will not be able to go anywhere without the presence of their sponsor.
The release, even though temporary in some cases, restores some of my pride at being an Australian permanent resident. I might even get the citizenship papers out and join up.