India on Friday mentioned that it has formally raised concern with the Australian authorities close to the anti-immigration protests, which singled out Indians. The Ministry of Exterior Affairs mentioned that it stays in contact with the Australian authorities and varied diaspora organisations over the current anti-immigrant protests. Protests erupted in Australia on August 31, with 1000’s of individuals collaborating in rallies in capital cities and regional centres, carrying Australian flags and demanding an finish what they time period ‘mass migration’ into Australia.
India Raises Issues
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal mentioned that the Indian Excessive Fee in Australia had shared issues raised by Indian neighborhood members with the Australian authorities earlier than the protests. The Excessive Fee had obtained a proper response from the Australian aspect, the place they acknowledged that the protests had been of concern for various communities in Australia.
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“We’re all conscious that anti-immigrant protests occurred in lots of cities throughout Australia on 31 August. Our Excessive Commissions and Consulate Generals had been in common contact with the Australian authorities, as additionally with our neighborhood members on this regard… Earlier than the protests happened, our Excessive Fee shared the issues of the Indian diaspora with the Australian authorities. We obtained a proper response from the Australian aspect, the place they acknowledged that the protest in Australia could also be of concern for Australia’s various communities,” mentioned Jaiswal.
India-Australia Ties
Jaiswal mentioned that senior leaders and politicians each from the Australian authorities aspect and likewise from the opposition aspect, have issued statements supporting the multicultural identification of Australia. “They’ve additionally recognised the function performed by the Indian Australian neighborhood within the general progress and improvement of Australia, they usually respect and acknowledge this function very a lot. On our aspect, we proceed to firmly imagine that variety is power,” mentioned Jaiswal.
He mentioned that India values a complete strategic partnership with Australia, of which our people-to-people ties are a vital component, and actually, they bolster our strategic ties. “The Authorities of India stays dedicated to securing the welfare and well-being of all Indians overseas, and we’re in contact with the Australian Authorities, as additionally with the diaspora organisation in Australia,” he mentioned.
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Protest In Australia
The organisers of the anti-immigration protest termed the protest ‘March for Australia’. Clashes erupted between anti-immigration rally individuals, counter-protesters and police within the streets of Melbourne, Australia-based SBS Information reported. State and Federal governments have denounced the rallies, with Federal Communications Minister Anika Wells saying they had been “terrible scenes” involving “identified racists.”
Anti-fascist protesters additionally took to the streets in Melbourne to face off towards the individuals of the rally, with one protester grabbing the microphone in the course of the speeches. The occasion coincided with the weekly pro-Palestinian marches, with protesters standing towards what they termed a show of racism and slamming the federal authorities’s angle in the direction of refugees, as per the SBS Information report.
An estimated 8,000 individuals carrying Australian flags got here out in Sydney to attend a rally and chanted, “Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oi, oi, oi! Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oi, oi, oi!” Some referred to as for lowering immigration numbers as a result of cost-of-living and housing crises. Hundreds marched in Brisbane, lots of whom expressed their disappointment with Australian PM Anthony Albanese. Organisers mentioned the occasion was aimed to encourage Australians to as they put it “take our nation again” from migrant teams. (With Company inputs)