Australia will be making no special visa considerations for white South African farmers, Julie Bishop said, as she refused to back Peter Dutton’s claim the group deserved “special treatment” over alleged persecution. Bishop was drawn into the latest maelstrom after Dutton’s comments last week led to the South African government demanding a “full retraction”. Speaking to the ABC’s Insiders program Bishop said there were no plans to treat South African applicants any differently under Australia’s humanitarian visa program. Tensions have been growing in the former apartheid nation, over the South African government’s push to redistribute farming land. Peter Dutton’s offer to white South African farmers started on the far right | Jason Wilson Read more“Clearly each case has to be assessed on its merits,” she said.

Source: The Guardian March 18, 2018 04:52 UTC