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Weekly refugee post
Oct. 25th, 2013 09:58 amSo what happened last week on Manus Island, resulting in the evacuation of staff? Apparently, police and defence forces fought each other near the detention centre with rocks and sticks. Though the Immigration Minister says this has nothing to do with us, there are local conflicts around who's getting the cash for the centre and who isn't.
Asylum seeker boats arrived at Christmas Island on Sunday (140 people) and Monday (60 people).
A law professor explains, for those who missed it the last thousand times, that refugees are not criminals and seeking asylum is not "illegal" in any way. Immigration Minister Scott Morrison disingenuously says he is "calling a spade a spade" and only referring to their "mode of entry", can technically be called "illegal", but his real goal in using the term isn't too hard to figure out. Labor's immigration spokesperson: "This is an area where language is bullets... Those who come by boat are not the enemy. In terms of calling a spade a spade, people who seek asylum here are asylum seekers."
A profile of the tiny island nation of Nauru and Australia's detention centre there. (If you read this, be sure to click on the "Map" link.)
Mohammad Baqiri is a Hazara refugee who triumphed over years of Australian cruelty, including a harsh three-year stint on Nauru, and is now studying law and business and interpreting.
Asylum seeker boats arrived at Christmas Island on Sunday (140 people) and Monday (60 people).
A law professor explains, for those who missed it the last thousand times, that refugees are not criminals and seeking asylum is not "illegal" in any way. Immigration Minister Scott Morrison disingenuously says he is "calling a spade a spade" and only referring to their "mode of entry", can technically be called "illegal", but his real goal in using the term isn't too hard to figure out. Labor's immigration spokesperson: "This is an area where language is bullets... Those who come by boat are not the enemy. In terms of calling a spade a spade, people who seek asylum here are asylum seekers."
A profile of the tiny island nation of Nauru and Australia's detention centre there. (If you read this, be sure to click on the "Map" link.)
Mohammad Baqiri is a Hazara refugee who triumphed over years of Australian cruelty, including a harsh three-year stint on Nauru, and is now studying law and business and interpreting.
