The demonising of asylum seekers is an elaborate exercise in racist scapegoating designed to distract Australians from the real causes of anxiety and insecurity in their lives. We need to be absolutely uncompromising in our resistance to this toxic agenda.
Brad Chilcott
Earlier this year it looked as if Labor4Refugees鈥 amendments to the Labor Party鈥檚 platform that specifically reject boat turnbacks might win enough votes from the ALP left and the Catholic right to get through at the ALP national conference in late July.
However, the Labor leadership is committed to a policy of deterring asylum seekers and is working to prevent any policy change at the conference.
Brad Chilcott is the director of Welcome to Australia, a community organisation that, according to its Facebook page, is 鈥渄edicated to giving asylum seekers, refugees, new arrivals and long-term migrant residents of Australia a warm, dignified and positive Welcome to Australia鈥.
An article by Chilcott entitled has appeared on Chifley.org, a website for ALP members and supporters.
The article does not clarify Chilcott鈥檚 relationship with the ALP.