Green Party MP Keith Locke says his opposition to the jailing of an Algerian asylum seeker has been vindicated by the granting of refugee status to the man.
Green MP Keith Locke today rejected the Minister of Immigration's justification for detaining an Algerian asylum seeker in Mt Eden prison for over two months.
Green MP Keith Locke has criticised the Immigration Service for continuing to imprison asylum seekers, after visiting an Algerian asylum seeker who has been jailed in Mt Eden for two months.
The Green Party wants the Government to distance itself from Australia's treatment of asylum seekers which contravene Australia's international obligations under the 1951 Refugee Convention and other international treaties.
The Green Party is calling for the government to rethink its commitment to the Waihopai electronic interception station in light of developments in the European Parliament.