A migration lawyer has urged “compassion” for the controversial rapper as a visa battle looms over his plans to meet his Melbourne bride’s family.
An imminent visit to Australia by Kanye West has sparked calls for the controversial rapper to be barred from entering the country.
West is believed to be heading to Melbourne next week to meet the family of his new wife, Bianca Censori.
The Herald Sun understands West is yet to apply for a visa.
Chairman Dr Dvir Abramovich said Australia’s leading civil rights organisation fighting anti-Semitism, will be writing to the Minister of Immigration asking him to deny entry to West, now known as Ye, based on character grounds.
He said Ye is a Nazi and Hitler worshipper and over the past year had made threatening comments against the Jewish community.
Ben Watt, a migration lawyer at VisaEnvoy, said West could come to Australia on a visitor visa because he was coming to Australia to meet the in-laws.
Mr Watt said those visas were often auto-granted but it could be cancelled on character grounds prior to entry or at the border.
But he said West would argue that his presence in the community would not be disruptive because he was coming in a private capacity.
“It would be very, very cruel to his partner to refuse him entry based on comments that he’s made in the past,” Mr Watt said.
Read the article by Jackie Epstein and Jade Gailberger in the Herald Sun.