Acts of Cruelty
Australia’s Immigration Laws and experiences of people seeking protection after arriving by plane.
by Aileen Crowe
Listen to Aileen Crowe interviewed on 3CR Community Radio’s Solidarity Breakfast here.
Praise for ‘Acts of Cruelty’
“This is a book about passion, danger, departures and arrivals. It’s about the desires and disappointments of people seeking Australia’s protection who arrive by plane. It’s also about the dishonesty and deceit practised by the Australian Department of Immigration whose xenophobic nature goes all the way back to the White Australia Policy, terra nullius and the early days of the colony.”
- Ngareta Rossell
“This is a valuable book as it can tell us about our own attitudes. It is for the reader to judge whether a system that can give rise to the cruelty examined here accords with our international commitments and those values that Australians feel should inform our dealings with others.”
- Hon. Greg James AM QC
“This book is of profound importance. As a nation we must face the deep root of inhuman cruelty in our national psyche that our politicians so willingly exploit to advance their own power. A political sea change towards humanity in our immigration settings will only occur if there is strong political pressure from the people for change.”
- Paul Tyson (read the full review HERE)