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by josephcsible 1458 days ago
> The "covid camps" were illegal border crossing camps.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights says "Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country." Australia was violating human rights every time they made it illegal for one of their citizens to enter the country. Don't lump these "illegal border crossing"s in with foreigners trying to illegally immigrate.

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In case anyone is wondering: the UDHR is not a treaty and does not carry the force of law.

Which is a shame, really. I quite like it.