Framing Exclusion – The story of Behrouz Boochani
Australian PM Scott Morrison recently visited the University of Queensland in order to witness the development of a COVID-19 trial vaccine. I did not know this until a number of hours later however, as I had initially assumed his visit was in relation to the recent budget announcement that degrees in the Humanities and Arts would be increased significantly. As concerning as the ideology behind this switch is, I will leave that for another discussion. Instead I want to highlight how the visit was further dramatised by the student protests against our current immigration policies - particularly our treatment of asylum seekers.
With 'ScoMo come off it, refugees aren't for profit' ringing across the campus, it was hard not to join in to protest the unjust policies we are currently employin...