Look deeply and widely into Refugee issue to stop boat people
Posted by: freemon
21st Jul 2011 10:42am
The government is facing a big challenge with boat people issue. There are more and more boat people arriving to our shore. The Australia signed the UN refugee convention but cannot fulfill it by placing boat people into the mandatory detention centre. We want to help people who needed but a new report finds 43.7-million people worldwide were forcibly displaced by conflict by the end of 2010. The U.N. refugee agency, which has just released its annual report on Global Trends 2010, assists more than 25 million of these refugees and internally displaced people. Due to arrival of many boat people, a chance to leave the camp for those refugees who are recognized by UNHCR are very slim . I myself spent five years in the camp and initially I have no intention to come to Australia but wherever safe to be settled down. People who could effort to pay for human trafficker can manage to reach our shore by boat and by plane but many who are not that fortunate are end up in the refugee camp.
Many boat people left their home just to come to Australia so they are well prepared for that. Some of them stayed in Indonesia and Pakistan for quite some time even years before they started their journey to Australia by boat. That is why they destroyed their passport so no one can trace when and how they came to that countries.
Should Australia withdraw from refugee convention signatory, send all boat people to the refugee camp and let them wait like other refugees?
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Anonymous
We should not have open borders. End of story.
edna
I just want to ask the question is there a way we can put pressure on these countries to stop them persecuting their own citizens and improve human rights? Just taking people is not solving anything. Yes we help a few but it is a huge problem worldwide. Isn't there a way that leaders of democratic countries can penalize those countries that make life so bad that people will risk death to get away from the horror? Or should we penalize countries that sell arms to promote persecution in other countries? Are we in any way helping to make things worse by accepting goods at slave trade prices? I just feel I am so blessed to be in this country. I would like to pressure world leaders to start demanding human rights for everyone.
e.K.elle
I understand where your coming from, to leave your own country due to near death conflicts. In the end though the Australian Govt. has to also consider the impact it would have on the society to let boat people in. I guess in my opinion i would allow the boat people to stay in the refugee camp like the other refugees as they went through all the troubles to just make it on a foreign land where they don't know where their fate would lie.
freemon
Dear e.K.elle Totally agree with you ....Unfortunatelly as a member of UN convention for refugee we cant set up a refugee camp in Australia. So the best thisng to do is to withdraw from it (government will not do it due to moral issue and green will burnt the government down) and set up refugee camp... I am sure all boats will turn back to Arfanganistan and iran)
errolsyd
888shelly
A few facts Sept 31 boats 1873, so far Oct 35 boats 2204 ILLEGALS.
I have lived in Qld since 1971 so I know about Joe and Russ but they have nothing to do with this discussion!
I also have friends from other countries who have intergrated into the Australian way of life, have come LEGALLY I have NO problems with them at all, a lot are more Aussie than some Aussies, but they also are against the current crop of ILLEGALS!! In the late 60s my mob consisted of Lebanese, a West Indian, Poms,Scots etc and we drank out of the some beer bottle! The main difference between now and then is they were legal immigrants and mostly Christian, hard working and easy to mix with now mostly muslims with no disire to intergrate with us.! I am Aussie born 3 rd gen. GGGrandfather was invited out in 1873 by the Qld Gov from Sweden with a boatload of Germans.
Labor has no idea of the feelings of the majority of Australians or if they do they ignore them! Freemon asked the question should we withdraw from the UN convention the answed is yes , this was developed to handle the aftermath of world 11 and is now out of date as is the UN. Bowen stated that we would treat as asylum seekers the Sri Lankan who murdered part of the crew of the Chejan , but since the Sri Lankan gov had them declared pirates with interpol he changed his mind. A leading activist stated that the rioters on Christmas Island where within their rights to RIOT and cause millions of dollars in damage then Bowen agrees with this by giving all 6 who were CONVICTED of this riot their permanant visas???????????????????????????????Have you ever read papers from France, Germany, Holland , Denmark, UK, Sweden to name a few and see what problems they have had with muslims, this will be Australia within 20-30yrs if not sooner.No julia does not put them on the boats but have changed our policies so they are encouraged to come out illegally.It started with rudd and continues with gillard, bowen and their green mates. Labor, greens and our bleeding hearts have cost the Australian taxpayer billions of dollars , resulting in cuts to Police, Armed Forces, Health and everything that meant something to Australians.
888shelley
just a few points..1). Sri Lanka is mostly a Christian country 2), many of my friends are muslims and have integrated well into Aussie social life,
3)Yes, there needs to be close scrutiny.and more coming from refugee camps rather than the boat people. Children with parents should be processed first.
I agree that the migration process takes too long and has too much red tape, 4)people do not have to give centerlink money but have to be able to prove they can support themselves well.
I suggest , if you haven't already, take a look at what these people have to leave and endure to get here. you cannot get a passport easily in these countries if you are just an average person with only a small amount of money(, often whole families donate to pay for one person to get on these boats). I would love to sponsor my Indonesian grand daughter to come just for a visit, but it is nearly impossible... Iam Aussie born and bred 7th generation, my family were among the first settlers from Uk.
You obviously never lived in Qld when Joh was premier....I did, and remember people being bashed by the police when all they were doing was going to lunch, remember the brown paper bags, massive corruption(I have direct knowledge of this) and so on.
Other friends of mine Greek, ,Polish,Hungarian, Italian have integrated well or their children have,( I grew up in St Kilda Melbourne ) so will the new immigrants when they are released into the community and their kids will integrate well if we give them a chance.
Mind you, if anyone is a stirrer/activist against Aussie they should be placed on the first plane out of here. No second chance.
As far as Julia Gillard is concerned, she doesn't put these people on the boats,and I wonder how many came under Howard or did they fudge the numbers!
errolsyd
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Anonymous
Frankly, this issue is very delicate.To take positive action for Autralian govt is not an easy matter. It invoves in many issues like accomadating, shelter and food etc. So let us give full support to our australian govt so that they can take a wise decesssion.
david
our government has never made a right decision about the boat people turn christmas island into a free state nobody owns.perhaps the illegals may change there mind if they have to travel all the way to the australian coast