2020年9月24日木曜日

If temporary visa holders were no longer financially solvent to ride out the pandemic, they were not welcome in Australia.

‘Garbage’ and ‘cash cows’: temporary migrants describe anguish of exclusion and racism during COVID-19 September 17, 2020 5.55am AEST
In early April, Prime Minister Scott Morrison sent a clear message to temporary visa holders that if they were no longer financially solvent to ride out the pandemic, they were not welcome in Australia.
As much as it’s lovely to have visitors to Australia in good times, at times like this, if you are a visitor in this country, it is time […] to make your way home.
As our new research published today shows, this statement fuelled feelings of abandonment and worthlessness among temporary visa holders who have been left out of the government’s economic support schemes during the COVID-19 crisis.

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