Topic: boatpeople
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Nayano T posted a blog entry
Opposition OUTRAGED by heat
The latest news from Christmas Island:Christmas Island’s detention facilities reached their capacity of 1,400 regular...
The latest news from Christmas Island:Christmas Island’s detention facilities reached their capacity of 1,400 regular...
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An asylum Christmas carol to sing while you shop
An Asylum Christmas Carol, originally written in the Howard/Ruddock era. Who knew we would need to dust it off once more?Here...
An Asylum Christmas Carol, originally written in the Howard/Ruddock era. Who knew we would need to dust it off once more?Here...
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What does Abbott intend to do to boat people: Kill them?
A dark cloud has gathered over my head in the past few days, and its name is Abbott’s Liberals (shame that they further...
A dark cloud has gathered over my head in the past few days, and its name is Abbott’s Liberals (shame that they further...
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Video of the shocking truth about Afghan Hazara refugees
Zareen Tag is a woman from the Hazara ethnic group in Afghanistan. Nearly all of the Afghans who have arrived by boat in...
Zareen Tag is a woman from the Hazara ethnic group in Afghanistan. Nearly all of the Afghans who have arrived by boat in...
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Stop squabbling over Emissions Trading or we will be flooded by climate refugees
Climate change has been centre stage this week in Australian politics, with careers being made and lost over the best ways to...
Climate change has been centre stage this week in Australian politics, with careers being made and lost over the best ways to...
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Christmas Island: will there be room for Father Christmas?
Community noticeboard on the Island, after the news that the detention centre capacity would be expanded to 2200.
Community noticeboard on the Island, after the news that the detention centre capacity would be expanded to 2200.
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Here’s a good part of the reason the Afghans are coming
I saw this news item yesterday about Pakistani migrants caught in Hong Kong after sea journey from China, and it got me...
I saw this news item yesterday about Pakistani migrants caught in Hong Kong after sea journey from China, and it got me...
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Refoulement for Hazara refugees in Indonesia
The most basic right that all refugees and asylum seekers have is that of non-refoulement – that is, not to be returned to...
The most basic right that all refugees and asylum seekers have is that of non-refoulement – that is, not to be returned to...
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Australians just don’t care much about the asylum seeker issue
I was at an academic conference last week, and it struck me how it seems that the default attitude is ‘doom and...
I was at an academic conference last week, and it struck me how it seems that the default attitude is ‘doom and...
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Should we hire the Taliban to stop the boatpeople?
Pamela Curr of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre sent me this comment in an email today, and I think it is worth posting...
Pamela Curr of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre sent me this comment in an email today, and I think it is worth posting...
Nayano T posted a blog entry
Meet a people smuggler: video from Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera seems to have got closer than any other news service to the business of people smuggling.Crikey featured this video...
Al Jazeera seems to have got closer than any other news service to the business of people smuggling.Crikey featured this video...
Nayano T posted a blog entry
Can you help? I am all at sea about Tamils
Will someone please help me with this?What is going on with Tamils on boats?Dr Kohona claims that they are just economic...
Will someone please help me with this?What is going on with Tamils on boats?Dr Kohona claims that they are just economic...
Nayano T posted a blog entry
Dutch boatpeople!!
On this day, 16 November 1629, Commandeur Francisco Pelsaert, sailing in the Dutch vessel the “Saardam”, ordered...
On this day, 16 November 1629, Commandeur Francisco Pelsaert, sailing in the Dutch vessel the “Saardam”, ordered...
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Temporary protection: Not a safe haven for Sharman Stone!
I was so taken with Sharman Stone’s crazy ‘logic’ that I almost forgot the sick feeling I had when she began to speak...
I was so taken with Sharman Stone’s crazy ‘logic’ that I almost forgot the sick feeling I had when she began to speak...
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Tamil refugee boats sunk by Sri Lankan navy
Kohona’s argument is “bizarre”, according to Brahma Chellaney, professor of strategic studies at the...
Kohona’s argument is “bizarre”, according to Brahma Chellaney, professor of strategic studies at the...
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Tamils could volunteer as sitting ducks for the Sri Lankan navy: Dr Kohona
Pamela Curr of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre sent an email this morning commenting on the interview on Lateline with Dr...
Pamela Curr of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre sent an email this morning commenting on the interview on Lateline with Dr...
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The Wall: Ex-East German guards patrol new asylum seeker wall
The wall.It’s been in the news a great deal recently, as Berlin and the world commemorate the 20th anniversary of the...
The wall.It’s been in the news a great deal recently, as Berlin and the world commemorate the 20th anniversary of the...
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Murdoch owns Newspoll. Newspoll can’t poll accurately. Any connection?
Newspoll is ‘the nation’s most authoritative snapshot of the political landscape’– that’s what Tony Abbott says....
Newspoll is ‘the nation’s most authoritative snapshot of the political landscape’– that’s what Tony Abbott says....
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Help change the debate – fund Amnesty’s asylum seeker ad
I have talked a lot about changing the debate about asylum seekers, and now-I’ve funded Amnesty International’s...
I have talked a lot about changing the debate about asylum seekers, and now-I’ve funded Amnesty International’s...
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How many would come if we just opened the borders?
Worried about asylum seekers flooding Australia?What would happen if we just opened our borders to everyone?Gallup polled...
Worried about asylum seekers flooding Australia?What would happen if we just opened our borders to everyone?Gallup polled...
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Let’s stop talking about asylum seekers and do something – want to come to Indonesia with me?
James Hathaway is something of a hero of mine (yes, I know, I’m a nerd).He is the sort of academic expert you refer to...
James Hathaway is something of a hero of mine (yes, I know, I’m a nerd).He is the sort of academic expert you refer to...
Nayano T posted a blog entry
“Indonesian Solution” is sickening, degrading: new report
What does the ‘Indonesian Solution’ look like?And why do people try to escape by risking their lives on rotten...
What does the ‘Indonesian Solution’ look like?And why do people try to escape by risking their lives on rotten...
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Watch this, and be afraid of where the asylum seeker debate could take us
In the United States the immigration bête noire is illegal immigrants (read ‘Mexicans’), while in Australia ours is...
In the United States the immigration bête noire is illegal immigrants (read ‘Mexicans’), while in Australia ours is...
Nayano T posted a blog entry
Want child abuse? Night raids? Summary justice? Just ask your Immigration official
Actions taken against people suspected of violating migration legislation are decided and applied by decision of the Australian...
Actions taken against people suspected of violating migration legislation are decided and applied by decision of the Australian...
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Racism is not inevitable: even public opinion on boatpeople is 'soft' http://wp.me/ppl8o-gp
Nayano T posted a blog entry
Racism is not inevitable: even public opinion on boatpeople is ’soft’
Joseph Chamie, research director at the Center for Migration Studies and former director of the United Nations Population...
Joseph Chamie, research director at the Center for Migration Studies and former director of the United Nations Population...
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‘Indonesian solution’ for asylum seekers should be ‘Pakistan solution’
Andrew Bartlett notes that we are on the cusp of changes in asylum policy in Australia and regionally. Future asylum policies...
Andrew Bartlett notes that we are on the cusp of changes in asylum policy in Australia and regionally. Future asylum policies...
Nayano T posted a blog entry
Asylum seekers given massive Centrelink payments drawn from the bank accounts of pensioners and disabled war veterans
Last week I wrote in outrage about the ‘news’ item about refugees and Centrelink benefits on Channel Nine, in which they...
Last week I wrote in outrage about the ‘news’ item about refugees and Centrelink benefits on Channel Nine, in which they...
Nayano T posted a blog entry
Win the asylum seeeker war of words Part 4: turn off the tap
What is the most pervasive metaphor we use about any migration, but especially about forced migration?David Turton, in a...
What is the most pervasive metaphor we use about any migration, but especially about forced migration?David Turton, in a...
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Winning the asylum seeker war of words part 3: Honesty
Here’s a novel idea to battle to asylum seeker war of words: honesty.Keane Shum, previously an asylum officer with the...
Here’s a novel idea to battle to asylum seeker war of words: honesty.Keane Shum, previously an asylum officer with the...
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All asylum seeker advocates have left is Andrew Bolt
Why is Rudd falling in with the opposition’s ‘tough’ line on asylum seekers, especially when for the third consecutive...
Why is Rudd falling in with the opposition’s ‘tough’ line on asylum seekers, especially when for the third consecutive...
