Australian politicians condemn call to ban Muslim migration

An Australian politician was widely criticised on Wednesday after demanding “a final solution” to immigration while calling for a return to the White Australia policy that favoured “European Christians”.  Queensland State Senator Fraser Anning stunned legislator on Tuesday when he invoked the infamous Nazi phrase used under Adolf Hitler in reference to annihilating Jewish people […]

An Australian politician was widely criticised on Wednesday after demanding “a final solution” to immigration while calling for a return to the White Australia policy that favoured “European Christians”. 

Queensland State Senator Fraser Anning stunned legislator on Tuesday when he invoked the infamous Nazi phrase used under Adolf Hitler in reference to annihilating Jewish people from Europe.He also sparked widespread opposition by calling for a ban on Muslim migrants and defending the race-based White Australia immigration policy that was in place for seven decades from 1901.

“We as a nation are entitled to insist that those who are allowed to come here predominantly reflect the historic European-Christian composition of Australian society,” Anning told the upper house of parliament. Anning’s comments were condemned by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull who emphasised Australia was one of the most successful multicultural societies in the world. So we reject, we condemn racism in any form, and the remarks by Senator Anning are justly condemned and rejected by us all,” Turnbull said.

Labour Party opposition leader Bill Shorten called the speech “a low point for our parliament”.

Immigration remains a hot-button issue in Australia amid concerns about jobs and overcrowding in major cities.

 (Aljazeera)