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Re: Views on asylum seekers?
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Mon, 3 Sep 2001 09:08:58 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ross Crawford writes:
> 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).
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
Lets put an end to that "rumour":
http://web.amnesty.org/web/ar2001.nsf/webasacountries/AUSTRALIA?OpenDocument
The 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 children,
were automatically detained under the Migration Act, which prohibited courts
from ordering their release. Hundreds were held in tents and other
improvised detention facilities in remote areas. The national Human Rights
and Equal Opportunity Commission investigated allegations that guards
ill-treated immigrant detainees and neglected medical care. In September the
UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention had to cancel plans to investigate
the immigration detention regime, after the government failed to allow it to
visit.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_901000/901157.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_901000/901150.stm
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> 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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