Tennis star Novak Djokovic's deportation over his vaccination status sheds light on Australia's border policy.
But the backdrop to the government's tough line on the— and Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s description of the expulsion as a "decision to keep our borders strong" — dates to nearly a decade ago. It also shines a light on Australia's complicated, and strongly criticized, immigration and border policies.
Djokovic arrived at a time when some Australians’ overseas relatives still aren't able to visit because their COVID-19 vaccine types aren’t recognized by Australian authorities.on Monday, said Djokovic did not deserve to be an exception to strict border rules. In 2013, when a conservative coalition won the first of three consecutive elections, Morrison, the then-new minister for Immigration and Border Protection, played a key role in revamping what had seemed to many the insurmountable and politically damaging problem of daily unauthorized boat arrivals.
But Melbourne-based refugee advocate Ian Rintoul noted that unlike other refugees and asylum seekers who shared the Park Hotel with the wealthy celebrity, Djokovic was not handcuffed when he was escorted from the building. The 34-year-old Serb was finally deported because Hawke regarded him as a "talisman of a community of anti-vaccination sentiment" whose presence might encourage Australians to emulate his flouting of pandemic safety measures.
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