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    Crossing Over: does immigration policy discriminate?

    Does immigration policy discriminate?  The White Australia policy is gone – so we might conclude that it doesn’t.  And indeed Australia would be unrecognisable to those who created the White Australia policy at the end of the 19th century. Times change and such racist practices are now a condemned part of the past. Today Australia celebrates the diversity and strength of its people: actively creating pathways and welcoming individuals and families from around the world into its community.  Race is not relevant. That’s not the full story of course.   Currently a human rights inquiry is investigating the treatment of children in Australian immigration prisons.  These are children from families, or…