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Oct. 31st, 2012 08:52 amMainland removed from zone for asylum seekers
"The flow of asylum-seeker boats has surged by more than a third since the reintroduction of the Pacific solution... More than 5700 asylum seekers have arrived since August 13, the cut-off date from when the government has warned boat arrivals could be sent to Nauru or Manus Island for processing. That compares to 4300 over the same period before the cut-off, a 39 per cent increase in boats and a 32 per cent increase in people. The Houston report commissioned by the government and released on August 13 warned that the Pacific solution alone would not stop the boats and all its recommendations should be implemented... Since 2008, after Labor was elected, only 211 people have reached the mainland by boat whereas more than 28,200 have reached islands such as Christmas Island, which are already excised from the migration zone."
The Houston Report's recommendations are a mixture of the humane and sensible, such as increasing our refugee intake (particularly from the countries the boats come from), and illegal deterrence, such as forbidding refugees who arrive by boat from bringing their families to safety as well. I'm off to find out which of the recommendations are actually being carried out by the guvmint. ETA: They are increasing the uptake, which is terrific news. It'll do a lot more to save lives than dicking around with the Migration Zone.
"The flow of asylum-seeker boats has surged by more than a third since the reintroduction of the Pacific solution... More than 5700 asylum seekers have arrived since August 13, the cut-off date from when the government has warned boat arrivals could be sent to Nauru or Manus Island for processing. That compares to 4300 over the same period before the cut-off, a 39 per cent increase in boats and a 32 per cent increase in people. The Houston report commissioned by the government and released on August 13 warned that the Pacific solution alone would not stop the boats and all its recommendations should be implemented... Since 2008, after Labor was elected, only 211 people have reached the mainland by boat whereas more than 28,200 have reached islands such as Christmas Island, which are already excised from the migration zone."
The Houston Report's recommendations are a mixture of the humane and sensible, such as increasing our refugee intake (particularly from the countries the boats come from), and illegal deterrence, such as forbidding refugees who arrive by boat from bringing their families to safety as well. I'm off to find out which of the recommendations are actually being carried out by the guvmint. ETA: They are increasing the uptake, which is terrific news. It'll do a lot more to save lives than dicking around with the Migration Zone.
