The delegation of Australian Council of Trade Unions and their NZ counterpart have not been allowed to enter Fiji.
ACTU president Ged Kearney and NZ Council of Trade Unions president Helen Kelley arrived with three others at the Nadi International Airport from Sydney earlier this afternoon.
However, they were told to remain in transit and leave on the next Australian flight this hour.
Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum said he had already made it clear that the delegation will not be allowed into the country because it had a preconceived agenda, was not interested to speak to the government about the situation on the ground and they had a partisan approach.
Sayed-Khaiyum said this visit was orchestrated and everyone knew that the unionists will not be allowed in based on their biased comments before even arriving in the country.
He said the move is to hurt the Fijian economy and the people.
Union leaders including Daniel Urai had said that they would wait for the unionists outside the airport.
Story by: Vijay Narayan
Unionists sent back
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