Australian Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke on Wednesday confirmed that American artist Kanye West canceled his Australian visa after releasing a song promoting Nazism.
Rapper’s track “Heel Hitler”, which praises Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, released on social media and music streaming platforms in May.
What has Australia said about entering Kanye West?
The restriction follows a series of West’s antisemtic posts made on X, where he said “I Love Hitler” and “IMA Nazi.”
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said that although the earlier comments of the West did not affect his visa status, the authorities reduced the situation after the release of the song.
“He is made up of aggressive comments, but my authorities once again noticed that he released the song Hail Hitler – and now he does not have a valid visa in Australia.”
Burke said that West, who married his Australian architect wife Bianka Censor in December 2022, has a family in Australia and was a regular visitor for a long time before his visa was canceled.
Burke said, “It was not even a visa for the purpose of the concert.” “It was a lower level, and the authorities still saw the law and said,” You are going to keep a song and is going to promote that kind of Nazism, we don’t need it in Australia. “
What is the legal basis?
Australia’s Migration Act determines safety and character requirements for non-citizens entering the country.
Burke criticized that the sea -free speech from the return of Vij could be the sea in the form of a sea.
“For Australian citizens, yes, you have got complete freedom of speech. But we have enough problems already in this country without deliberately importing fanaticism.”
The country’s largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, have seen the anti -anti -opposing attacks since the war between Israel and Hamas on 7 October 2023.
How the song has created a stir
“Heil Hitler” expressed displeasure at Slovakia as it was announced that the rapper would perform there in July.
More than 3,000 people signed a petition, demanding that the planned concerts of the West be canceled in Slovak capital Bratislawa.
This called his performance “to insult historical memory” and “a glorious of wart -time violence”.
Petitions conducted by two local groups, West – a vocal supporter of West – US President Donald Trump – “repeatedly and openly follow the symbols and ideology associated with the dark period of modern global history.”
In “Heel Hitler” music video, dozens of black people chant the song breast while standing in a block formation wearing animal pelt and masks. At the same time, West said about the misunderstanding and his custody fight with ex -wife Kim Kardashian.
The song released on 8 May 8 with the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat in World War II ends with a part of a speech by Hitler.
Jennifer Camino edited by Gonzalez
