According to a senior Australian government minister, rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, may be denied a visa if he attempts to visit Australia due to antisemitic remarks. Education Minister Jason Clare was responding to reports that the American celebrity plans to visit the family of his new Australian partner Bianca Censori in Melbourne next week.
Clare said he didn’t know if Ye had applied for a visa, but that Australia has previously denied visas to people who hold anti-Semitic views.
Clare told Nine Network television, “I expect that if he does apply, he will have to go through the same process and answer the same questions” as others who have expressed such views.
In an interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones last month, Ye praised Hitler. Ye was later suspended by Twitter after tweeting a photo of a swastika merged with the Star of David.
The Migration Act of Australia establishes security and character requirements for non-citizens seeking to enter the country. Immigration Minister Andrew Giles, whose office said he couldn’t comment on individual cases due to privacy concerns, would make the decision on whether Ye gets an Australian visa.
Clare told Nine Network television, “I expect that if he does apply, he will have to go through the same process and answer the same questions” as others who have expressed such views.
In an interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones last month, Ye praised Hitler. Ye was later suspended by Twitter after tweeting a photo of a swastika merged with the Star of David.
The Migration Act of Australia establishes security and character requirements for non-citizens seeking to enter the country. Immigration Minister Andrew Giles, whose office said he couldn’t comment on individual cases due to privacy concerns, would make the decision on whether Ye gets an Australian visa.
“His anti-Semitic remarks are disgraceful, his conduct and behavior are appalling, and he is not a person of good character,” Dutton added.
According to Seven Network News, Ye and Censori plan to visit her family in the northeast Melbourne suburb of Ivanhoe next week.
Ye and Censori recently married, less than two months after he finalized his divorce from Kim Kardashian, according to the entertainment news website TMZ.
