JAKARTA Memories of today, six years ago, May 7, 2019, the action of throwing eggs at the head of Australian Prime Minister (PM) Scott Morisson took place during a campaign in New South Wales. The incident shocked the whole of Australia, then the world. The local police immediately arrested the perpetrators of throwing eggs.
Previously, the Australian government was often protested regarding the existence of an immigrant prison on the island of Manus, Papua New Guinea. Australia operates the prison to prevent it from entering illegal immigrants - asylum seekers to Australia. However, violence is often accepted by its residents.
Australia is often the destination country for asylum seekers. They try to come to Australia by boat with the intention of changing life for the better. However, the action was not easy. Australia itself is serious about preventing asylum seekers from entering its country.
This firmness was seen when Scott Morisson became Minister of Immigration in the 2013-2015 era. Scott has a firm policy for asylum seekers. He moved to refuse granting visas to 700 refugees. He also has a policy of preventing refugee boats from entering Australia from 2013.
The policy went well. No boat managed to smuggle asylum seekers into Australia. The Australian government immediately repatriated asylum seekers. The rest of them were placed in prison on Manus Island.
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Scott continues to carry out his actions. Even though he is considered to have violated the Refugee Convention. However, Scott considers the wind. He did not hesitate to use the term illegal immigrants for asylum seekers.
Problems arise. The attempt to imprison refugees to Manus Island actually brought problems. It was later discovered that the presence of prisons was a hell for refugees. The abuse, violence, and persecution are often accepted by refugees. Something that is considered a form of human rights violation.
"Sometimes it makes me overwhelmed. I think this is a turning point. However, it is difficult to believe in politics. I have been persecuted and deprived of my human rights since I was born until now".
"I have never known a sense of security and peace, and I have never known nationality or the right to call any country my own. My eyes no longer shed tears because they had dried up and my body no longer felt pain because it was too much torture," said a refugee from the Rohingya ethnicity who was detained on Manus Island, Imran Mohammad Fazal Hoque as quoted by The Guardian's page, April 26, 2016.
Scott's status from the Minister of Immigration has risen to become Australian Prime Minister since 2018, bringing fear to refugees and humanitarian activists. Scott is considered to be treating refugees more inhumanely, especially those stationed to Manus Island.
This condition made protests take place everywhere. The most memorable protest came as Scott held a campaign at Albury Entertainment Center, New South Wales on May 7, 2019. The campaign was tarnished by a woman throwing eggs into Scott's head.
The action brought a stir throughout Australia, then the world. Security officers then secured the perpetrators who threw eggs. The perpetrator also emphasized his actions as a form of protest against Scott's policy of managing asylum seekers.
"We will fight thuggery, whether it's a coward activist who has no respect for anyone or the militant group that manages small businesses," Scott said as quoted by the tempo.co page, May 7, 2019.
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