Australia debates barring Kanye West from entry over ‘appalling’ anti-Semitic behaviour
- The US rapper’s anti-Semitic remarks about Hitler and the Holocaust have united past and present government ministers in calling for him to be barred
- Australia previously refused visas to far-right figures. Ye, as he’s now known, reportedly wants to visit to meet his partner Bianca Censori’s family
Education Minister Jason Clare condemned Ye’s “awful” anti-Semitic comments involving Hitler and the Holocaust, saying others who had made similar statements had been denied visas.
“People like that who’ve applied for visas to get into Australia in the past have been rejected,” Clare said in an interview on Channel Nine. “I expect that if he does apply he would have to go through the same process and answer the same questions that they did.”
A spokesperson for Ye did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Local media reported that Ye would visit to Australia to meet the family of his partner, Bianca Censori, who grew up in Melbourne.
Last month, Ye praised Hitler in an interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Twitter later suspended Ye after he tweeted a picture of a swastika merged with the Star of David.