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Refugee Update
Feb. 18th, 2016 10:44 amMalcolm Turnbull won't rule out refugee resettlement deal with New Zealand (GA, 17 February): "PM to meet with his NZ counterpart, John Key, who has offered to take the 267 asylum seekers at the heart of a failed high court challenge to offshore detention."
Asylum seekers could face deportation to Nauru within fortnight, Craig Laundy says (ABC, 17 February 2016) | Coalition reneges on promise to give 72 hours' notice before deporting 267 asylum seekers (GA, 16 February): "However, the government agrees to warn lawyers and family of baby Asha, who doctors have refused to release from a Brisbane hospital." A mention from an earlier news story of Asha's mother's terror every time the door opened has taken up permanent residence in my mind. I hope this at least gives her some reassurance.
Canada has rescued 800 times more Syrian refugees than Australia, figures show (SMH, 17 February 2016) "Canada has resettled 800 times more Syrian refugees in three months than Australia has in almost twice the time, fuelling concern the delay is pushing desperate families in the Middle East into a perilous crossing to Europe." We need to get a move on. That goes for rescuing desperate families trapped in Indonesia, too.
Catching up on links:
Asylum seekers: Self-harm in detention centres at epidemic levels, internal documents show (SMH, 16 January 2016). Even though I have never endured the suffering these poor bastards have, I do know the powerful impulse to self-harm. This news item and its accompanying photos make me even more grateful I have been able to avoid actually hurting myself.
Could the epidemic of self-harm and suicide attempts have anything to do with this, I wonder? Asylum seeker detention times blow out to record levels under Malcolm Turnbull (SMH, 12 January 2016)
Asylum seekers could face deportation to Nauru within fortnight, Craig Laundy says (ABC, 17 February 2016) | Coalition reneges on promise to give 72 hours' notice before deporting 267 asylum seekers (GA, 16 February): "However, the government agrees to warn lawyers and family of baby Asha, who doctors have refused to release from a Brisbane hospital." A mention from an earlier news story of Asha's mother's terror every time the door opened has taken up permanent residence in my mind. I hope this at least gives her some reassurance.
Canada has rescued 800 times more Syrian refugees than Australia, figures show (SMH, 17 February 2016) "Canada has resettled 800 times more Syrian refugees in three months than Australia has in almost twice the time, fuelling concern the delay is pushing desperate families in the Middle East into a perilous crossing to Europe." We need to get a move on. That goes for rescuing desperate families trapped in Indonesia, too.
Catching up on links:
Asylum seekers: Self-harm in detention centres at epidemic levels, internal documents show (SMH, 16 January 2016). Even though I have never endured the suffering these poor bastards have, I do know the powerful impulse to self-harm. This news item and its accompanying photos make me even more grateful I have been able to avoid actually hurting myself.
Could the epidemic of self-harm and suicide attempts have anything to do with this, I wonder? Asylum seeker detention times blow out to record levels under Malcolm Turnbull (SMH, 12 January 2016)
