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#IAmWatching Manus
Nov. 10th, 2017 05:57 pmBehrouz Boochani has tweeted that the refugees' shelters from the sun and their water supplies (bins used to catch rain) have been destroyed. The line between depriving people of water and simply killing them is a very thin one.
With the help of local Manusians who smuggled them in, GetUp! have managed to film inside the camp. Even the Daily Telegraph continues to be horrified by its condition. GetUp! proposes evacuating the men to Australia to save their lives, which are in immediate danger, then resettling them in other countries.
As others see us: Authorities start operation to remove 600 refugees from Manus Island center (CNN, 10 November 2017) | The U.N. Says Australia Is Responsible For the Remaining Asylum Seekers on Manus Island (Time, 9 November 2017)
Rohingya refugee Alex Rashid has married a local woman and wishes to settle on Manus. "The problem is, he cannot afford the immigration fees, has no idea how to navigate the process, and says the Australian government is providing no help at all." He can't return to Myanmar, obviously, he can't come to Australia, he can't go to New Zealand, he can't stay in PNG, and he can't go to the US, MP Christopher Pyne's comments on Channel 9 notwithstanding. So what the fuck is he supposed to do?
With the help of local Manusians who smuggled them in, GetUp! have managed to film inside the camp. Even the Daily Telegraph continues to be horrified by its condition. GetUp! proposes evacuating the men to Australia to save their lives, which are in immediate danger, then resettling them in other countries.
As others see us: Authorities start operation to remove 600 refugees from Manus Island center (CNN, 10 November 2017) | The U.N. Says Australia Is Responsible For the Remaining Asylum Seekers on Manus Island (Time, 9 November 2017)
Rohingya refugee Alex Rashid has married a local woman and wishes to settle on Manus. "The problem is, he cannot afford the immigration fees, has no idea how to navigate the process, and says the Australian government is providing no help at all." He can't return to Myanmar, obviously, he can't come to Australia, he can't go to New Zealand, he can't stay in PNG, and he can't go to the US, MP Christopher Pyne's comments on Channel 9 notwithstanding. So what the fuck is he supposed to do?
