In Australia, thousands of people attended the anti-immigration rallies on Sunday and Indian migrants were also targeted in the promotional material of the performance. However, the Australian government has condemned these events and described the demonstrations as hatred and related to Neo-Najis. The advertisement released for rallies called ‘March for Australia’ shows prominently to residents of Indian origin, which now is three percent of the population there.
Promotion against overseas Indians
It was written on a leaflet, ‘Greek and Italians did not even come in 100 years as many Indians have come in five years. These have come from only one country, about which we know that migration has a cultural effect. This is not a minor cultural change, Australia is not an economic sector whose property can be exploited internationally.
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Indians were also mentioned in the promotional material released on Facebook before the program, according to census data, it has doubled to about 845,800 from 2013 to 2023. March for Australia’s website says the collective migration ‘has broken the bonds that tie our communities together, while the group has written on X that they want to do what the mainstream politicians never dare to do, demanding to end collective migration.’
Protests in Sydney-mailburn
The organizers described themselves as a ground attempt to unite the Australians as part of the aim of eliminating the immigration on a large scale and denied their relationship with other groups. Large rallies were held in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and other cities. In Sydney, 5,000 to 8,000 people, many of which were wrapped in national flags, gathered near the marathon ground in the city.
Nearby, there was a counter -rally of Refugee Action Coalition, in which hundreds of people attended. A spokesman for the coalition said, “Our program shows hatred and anger towards the right -wing agenda of March for Australia.” Police said that hundreds of officers were deployed in Sydney and the campaign ended without any major incident.
The purpose was told to stop immigration
In Melbourne, the protesters gathered outside Flinders Street Station with Australian flags and anti-immigration placards and took out march. Addressing the rally, a protestor Thomas Sewal claimed that his men had led the march and said that if we do not stop immigration, then our death is sure.
The police clashed with the protesters, in which chili sprays, sticks and weapons were used to maintain public arrangements. Six people were arrested and two officers were injured. Police estimate that 5,000 people were involved in a total of 5,000 people in the Melbourne rally and protests.
Some protesters expressed their disappointment about public services. In Sydney, Glenn Alchin, who took part in March for Australia, said, ‘This is the growing financial crisis of our country and bringing more and more people here from our government. Our children are struggling to get a house, we have to wait seven hours in our hospitals, our roads are falling less here.
Political party against protests
All political parties condemned these rallies. Federal Labor Minister Murray Watt told Sky News, ‘We strongly condemn the march for Australia rally going on today, its purpose is not to increase social harmony. We do not support such rallies that spread hatred and divide our community. He further said that these rallies were organized and promoted by Neo-Nazi organizations.
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Home Minister Tony Burke said that there is no place for such people in our country who want to divide and weak our social unity. We stand with modern Australia against these rallies and nothing less than Australian can be.
Indian and Jewish anti -demonstration
Federal opposition leader Suzanne Le posted a video before the rallies said that there is no place for violence, racism or threats. Whether it has been provoked from a distance or provoked here, we cannot allow hatred and fear to destroy our social harmony. Attorney General Julian Leaser said that there may be some good people who want policy change, but they should beware of their company.
He said, ‘I have seen some content of protests, and I am upset about the anti -India spirit being expressed and some of them in protests.’ Australia, where almost half of the population has either been born abroad or its parents has been born abroad, has seen an increase in right-wing activities in recent years.
In response to a series of anti-Jewish attacks on the place of worship, buildings and cars since the Israeli-Gaja war began in October 2023, new laws came into force this year, banning the performance or sale of extremist symbols. Also, there is a provision of jail sentence for violating.
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