'It comes down to the cultural belief where people believe that when you have a disability, you’re not capable of making your own decisions.'
Esther Simbi , who spoke at the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, and Tasmanian Refugee Legal Service solicitor Taya Ketelaar-Jones.The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, which is holding hearings in Hobart this week, has heard of the challenges facing women from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
“I'm sitting here today to share my story, and I’m also sitting here today on behalf of other CALD communities,” she said. "People in the CALD communities need proper education so that they can understand, so they can recognise what abuse looks like, and who to report it to." “[But] those provisions only apply to a very limited group of subclasses of visa,” Ms Ketelaar-Jones said.READ MORE
“If you have a language barrier that then is coupled with a sensory impairment, the ability to communicate is severely restrained when you're trying to rely on both an interpreter, but also English as a second language," she said. "The majority have commented on reliability of the applicant, they have asserted that the applicant has essentially falsified evidence in their claims in an attempt to stay in Australia.An appeal of the decision also has a filing fee of $3,000.
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