Re: [luv-talk] What rights do refugees have under the 1951 convention?

Trent W. Buck <trentbuck@gmail.com> wrote:

...rights Australia promised to uphold, as you will recall from Petr's original post that started this thread. If you don't like it, either find another nation-state, or petition your representatives to have Australia back out of that promise.

And there are good moral reasons for upholding those rights, too. While I agree that the legal issue is important, the moral arguments in favour of resettling refugees are the most important considerations. This is why the rights established by the Convention are not "arbitrary".