In the wake of the recent anti-immigration protests across Australia, the Anthony Albanese government has sought to reassure India that the Indian-Australian community is welcomed and valued, and that they belong in the country they now call home.

On a two-day visit to New Delhi , Anne Aly, Australian Minister for Multicultural Affairs, said, “To the people who would tell immigrants to go home, I say, they are home.”

Speaking at the Ambedkar International Centre at Janpath, the minister extolled BR Ambedkar’s vision for India as iconic, “not only for India but throughout the world”.

“That vision, that equal opportunity, inclusivity and pluralism are key human values to which we should all aspire,” Aly, the first Muslim woman cabinet minister in Australia’s history, said.

Aly said tha

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