Asylum Seekers

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• Some decisions are best made by humans, not machines

  
  The Daily Clarity — Authority: 128
  “Back in the laboratory, they are dissecting humanity…” Do you really know what nationality you are, and we mean in terms of your ethnicity? Did your mother maybe have a brief romantic fling with a romantic and dashing Hungarian prince on her hen’s night and unknowingly you are of Eastern European extract? ...
  19 hours ago

• Compassion

  
  Magic of the Ordinary — Authority: 116
  Tomorrow will see the launch of the Charter for Compassion. I posted a link to this a few weeks back, though I am not sure how many MOTO readers clicked The Charter is a project designed to help bring people from all religions  and cultures – including secular folk – together through a commitment [...]
  1 day ago

• “The Philippines solution”? Oh yeah that will work

  
  IAIN HALL — Authority: 130
  This has to be one of the most sadly desperate bits of politicking from Brother Number One that I have seen in a long time: “The Philippines solution” Now won’t the Latte sippers have a field day with this one!The Australian government is still working to broker a solution acceptable to the Indonesians and the ...
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• Walkers follow in refugees’ steps

  
  Citizenseye — Authority: 145
  Please follow the link below for the EM Today report about the sponsored walk from Leicester to Loughborough and back last weekend. A sponsored walk traces the route taken by Leicester asylum seekers required to report to an immigration centre 25 miles away. ">
  1 day ago

• NZ should assist boat people fleeing Sri Lanka

  
  frogblog — Authority: 569
  Images of Tamil refugees from placards displayed at a protest outside the NZ Parliament In 2001 the Clark Government stepped in and gave a helping hand to some people in pretty dire circumstances when we accepted a number of asylum seekers fleeing Afghanistan. Boat people fleeing the civil war raging between the ...
  2 days ago

• Ex-T.O. gang member voice of migrants held in Indonesia

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 507
  In Indonesia, a group of more than 250 Sri Lankan asylum seekers has been waiting in limbo, after Indonesian authorities detained their wooden boat last month.
  2 days ago

• Australia Saying Canada Is Taking In Asylum Seekers Aboard Oceanic Viking

  
  Crooked in Canada — Authority: 127
  So Canadian taxpayers, how many of you are aware that there is a rumor being floated here in Oz that says the Tamil refugees refusing to disembark from an  Australian Customs ship, will be resettled in Canada, some of them anyway. You hear about that, has the Harper government made any mention of that during ...
  2 days ago

• Essential Report – political approval and the economy

  
  Pollytics — Authority: 538
  This week’s Essential Report has the primaries coming in 48 (down 1) /35 (steady) to Labor, washing out into a two party preferred of 59/41 the same way – no change since last week. The Greens are on 9 (up 1) while the broad “Others” are sitting on 8 (steady) . This comes from a two week ...
  2 days ago

• Islam Awareness Week 2009 presents

  
  Citizenseye — Authority: 145
  Mon 16th November, 11am – 3pm Leicester Central Mosque, Conduit Street, LE2 0JN We welcome guests from our Refugee, Asylum-seeker & Homeless communities To have a hot meal and accept a goodie bag and other free gifts Plenty of advice, information from regional support agencies children’s play and craft ...
  2 days ago

• Born free

  
  Ciara Leeming — Authority: 410
  As anyone who looks at this blog may know, Ive spent some time over the past few months getting to know Sofia, an African lady whose asylum claim was turned down by the Home Office earlier this year. She is currently destitute and survives with the support of charities in Manchester. Ive put together a short piece ...
  2 days ago

• Vancouver Update: Ship tied to terrorist Tamil Tigers

  
  Refugee Resettlement Watch — Authority: 509
  The Sri Lankan ship that landed in British Columbia three weeks ago ( here ) has been tied to the Tamil Tigers.  The Canadian government says it will deport all those on board who are found to be connected to the terrorist group.  From AFP : VANCOUVER, Canada — Several of a group of 76 Sri Lankan asylum ...
  2 days ago

• News(poll) hits new lows

  
  Larvatus Prodeo — Authority: 581
  At politicalowl , Richard Farmer quotes Gary Morgan on the Newspoll released today, which asked questions about the Prime Minister’s handling of asylum seekers but which also included questions about voting intention. But the results of those questions were not printed by its owners, News Limited: The evidence ...
  2 days ago

• The Plank in Australia’s Eye

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 635
  “F%*# OFF! WE’RE FULL!” read the bumper sticker I saw this morning, written within the outline of the Australian continent. The offense of the bumper stickers I felt twice as hard after hearing that another boat of people fleeing horrific…
  2 days ago

• Did John Howard, Ex Aussie PM, condone a form of indentured servitude?

  
  ePluribus Media — Authority: 511
  July 13, 2009 Navy intercepts Sri Lankan asylum seekersMANY women and children are among more than 70 Sri Lankan asylum seekers now on Christmas Island after they were picked up at sea on Saturday. A fishing boat carrying the group was spotted by a Customs and Border Protection aircraft about 80 nautical miles from ...
  3 days ago

• Tamil women begin new hunger strike off Indonesian coast

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  Merak (Java, Indonesia), Nov.9 (ANI): Ten women among a group of almost 250 Sri Lankan asylum seekers refusing to leave their boat in Indonesia have begun another hunger strike.The move comes after the spokesman for the Tamils, known as Alex, confessed he was once a member of a violent gang in Canada and was jailed ...
  3 days ago

• Asylum Seeker Polling – Three Pollsters

  
  Pollytics — Authority: 538
  Today we have some results on the public perception of asylum seeker policy issues from both Newspoll and Nielsen. When combined with last week’s Essential Report questions on the same issue, all three pollsters turn out to be pretty consistent with each other, only differing by amounts we’d expect from slightly ...
  3 days ago

• Monday 07:20 - A breakthough may be near on one group of asylum seekers but thats not enough for Shadow Foreign Minister Julie Bishop ... (audio)

  
  Collectors — Authority: 812
  Marius Benson is speaking to Ms Bishop
  3 days ago

• Good and bad ways to reduce boat arrivals

  
  Bartlett's Blog — Authority: 116
  Peter Mares is a long time follower of refugee issues and critic of the problems inherent in the former government’s approach to asylum seekers in boats.  He wrote a piece in The Age which emphasised a point about the Howard’s government asylum policies which does not get highlighted enough. former ...
  3 days ago

• Australia seeks help from Sri Lanka on flow of asylum seekers

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  Sydney, Nov 8 (DPA) Releasing Tamils from camps and reintegrating them into Sri Lankan society would help staunch the flow of asylum seekers crossing the Indian Ocean, Australia Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Sunday.Smith, due in Colombo Monday, said more quickly emptying the camps where Tamils were living after ...
  3 days ago

• Memories

  
  Larvatus Prodeo — Authority: 581
  John Howard is on the front page of the Sydney Sunday Telegraph proclaiming “I’d stop the boats!” … Meanwhile, all week since the Newspoll likely outlier , the tone of the media coverage and commentary has shifted. Glenn Milne, with his accustomed lack of subtlety, gives the game away in his column today ...
  4 days ago

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