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An outraged Sydney mayor has likened Islamic State brides and their children being relocated to his area to Hitler’s wife being placed ‘in the middle of a Jewish settlement’ – as he hosts The Project, Waleed Aly , criticizes.
Frank Carbone, the mayor of Fairfield Council in the southwest of the city, was at the center of a controversial debate with the TV host on Wednesday night.
Several viewers said they were ‘abhorred’ by the fiery discussion that saw Mr Carbone repeatedly interrupted by the TV host.
During the interview, Mr Carbone tried to explain how the resettlement of the ISIS brides would affect refugees who had fled the conflict in the Middle East for life in a Sydney suburb.
The outspoken politician broke into Aly on Thursday by invoking the murder of six million Jews.
Fairfield Mayor Frank Carbone (above) told Waleed Aly for championing the resettlement of ex-ISIS members in Syrian refugee communities, saying ‘you wouldn’t put Hitler’s wife in the middle of a Jewish settlement’
“He (Waleed Aly) can’t tell me to suck it up, especially when he’s in a Melbourne studio,” Mr Carbone said furiously at the” Daily Telegram.
“He’s not in our shoes and he doesn’t understand how difficult it is. It is our city that has always taken on the burden of resettled migrants.
“You wouldn’t put Hitler’s wife in the middle of a Jewish settlement.”
Mr Carbone then suggested that the former ISIS members be moved to the Melbourne area of Aly so that he could experience Fairfield’s experience resettling “12,000 refugees.”
It comes as questions are being raised about why the families – four brides and their 13 children – are not being welcomed to Victoria as state elections loom.
During Wednesday’s fiery interview, Aly interrupted Mr Carbone to note that the ex-ISIS members are allowed to be in Australia.
Mr Carbone’s main concern was not for the women and children to return, but for them to move to an area filled with Syrian refugees.
He urged the government to consider other options, noting that Australia is a “very big country”.
Project viewers said they were “horrible” after host Waleed Aly (above) dismissed the mayor’s concerns
“Why is it western Sydney when we have tens of thousands of people who have fled ISIS?” he said.
‘They had traumatic experiences, very bad emotions, and this is a trigger for them.
“The least the Prime Minister can do is get out of his limousine and come to Sydney’s west and confer with people… we’re worth a discussion.”
Mr Carbone, an independent, said Syrians who fought with Australians against ISIS terrorists “were more Australian citizens than anyone else” – before Aly interrupted him.
Legally they are not, Australian citizens are a different category. We have obligations to Australian citizens that we do not have to refugees,” Aly said.
Mr Carbone fired back at Aly, accusing the former ISIS members of committing treason under ‘Commonwealth Criminal Code section 80’.
A total of 13 women and 42 children will be brought to Australia from Syria after years spent in the al-Roj (above) and al-Hol refugee camps.
Mr Carbone (above) urged government to resettle former ISIS members away from ‘traumatized’ Syrian refugees
“Treason is when you leave your country and help and support, it doesn’t matter if you bake a cake or scones and help ISIS, you are committing treason,” he said.
“Under that law, you can have your citizenship revoked.”
Aly told him, “You should judge them and then do that first, Frank, and that didn’t happen.
‘You talk a lot about children here, in fact mainly about children. Would you leave children in camps abroad if they are Australian citizens?’ he asked.
Mr. Carbone reminded Aly that his job is not to come up with solutions, but to reflect the views of his constituents and focus on their well-being.
Four women and 13 children were repatriated to Sydney on October 29 (pictured, one of the women, Mariam Dabboussy, with her father and children in Syria)
“I don’t think[the Prime Minister]has taken into account the tens of thousands of refugees who fled their homes, burned their homes in Syria, lost their loved ones, watched many of their families beheaded and burned and came and resettled in western Sydney,’ he said.
Aly then interrupted Mr. Carbone to tell him they would be working overtime.
In total, 13 women and 42 children who were formerly members of ISIS will be brought to Australia from Syria after years spent in the al-Roj and al-Hol refugee camps.
Four women and 13 children were repatriated to Sydney on October 29.