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Views on asylum seekers?
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Sun, 2 Sep 2001 10:23:23 GMT
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Seems like the stance of the Australian government
http://au.dailynews.yahoo.com/Full_Coverage/Immigrants/ has become an
international news item. Political issues aside (if possible), I'd be
interested in other peoples views on this (especially non-Australians).
Basically, asylum seekers make their way to countries close to Australia
(Indonesia is currently popular), then those with cash pay "people
smugglers" to get a ride on a vessel (many & varied) to Australia, where
they're usually housed in camps while their applications are processed.
Meanwhile, others without so much cash make their application to the UN and
wait (often several years) until their refugee status is approved, then head
to Australia on a comfy plane.
In this case, however, the vessel "Tampa", carrying 438 such people, was
contacted before entering Australian waters, and asked not to enter
Australian waters. The captain refused, and headed toward Christmas Island,
an Australian territory. The ship was boarded by Australian military
personnel, and told the asylum seekers must stay onboard.
Subsequently, other countries (New Guinea, New Zealand, Nauru) have offered
to take the people, and process their applications for asylum at Australia's
expense. Those seen as genuine refugees will most likely end up in Australia
eventually.
Australia has many refugee camps where such people are housed while their
applications are processed. Most are away from large population areas, and
some are rumoured to be overcrowded. There are also rumours of abuse by
officials, and many have been in such camps for several years.
So what do you think? Should Australia take these people, or has the
government acted properly? Or is there another solution no-one's thought of?
ROSCO
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) FWIW, I heard on the radio this morning that Australia has agreed to take some of them. (...) Are they being used for slave labor? (...) I personally think that citizenship is a scam. I'd welcome those folks to the US. I guess I suppose that (...) (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Views on asylum seekers?
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| (...) Lets put an end to that "rumour": (URL) Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs sought revisions of international refugee standards to deter irregular movements of asylum-seekers. More than 2,940 ''boat people'', including 500 (...) (23 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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