What has happened to humanity - Afghan Refugees, Perth?
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Re: What has happened to humanity - Afghan Refugees, Perth?
Perth is insular yes but would hardly think it one of the most racist places around.Sad to say people in most countries would make similar comments to people landing in such fashion.
Do find it a shame that so many Britons that come to this country hold such intolerent views....
Do find it a shame that so many Britons that come to this country hold such intolerent views....
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Re: What has happened to humanity - Afghan Refugees, Perth?
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Re: What has happened to humanity - Afghan Refugees, Perth?
Sorry to say, but this is WA - one of the most insular and racist places around. Maybe some of these 'onlookers' were the same people who left the UK because it was 'full of immigrants'.
It's a sad and shameful world that we live in sometimes. I work in a hospital in Perth and am shocked daily by the ignorance of both staff and patients. :curse:
It's a sad and shameful world that we live in sometimes. I work in a hospital in Perth and am shocked daily by the ignorance of both staff and patients. :curse:
I went back to the UK recently for several years. I worked there and I learned all about some of the Brits more radical attitudes to migrants. I applied for a job in Oakington (Reception Centre) just to piss off some people who were particularly bad. I just really hate injustice and bigotry and the wholesale tagging of my home state for no really good reason.
sonlymewalter said - and I reply above - Why do you say that? Just trying to understand your sweeping statement as clearly you feel very strongly about it
Last edited by Mrs Roo; Apr 19th 2009 at 8:53 am. Reason: want to include sonlymewalter's comment
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Re: What has happened to humanity - Afghan Refugees, Perth?
"Hear, Hear. I lived in the UK for 4 years - what a mob of bigots!!!"
Is that not generalising too
I agree bigotry and racism are vulgar however this is not about bigotry and racism. This is about illegal immigrants illegally entering a country. This is different to legal immigrants. The two are very different.
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Re: What has happened to humanity - Afghan Refugees, Perth?
Threat gone wrong: Asylum seekers 'doused boat with fuel
Senior Government sources have confirmed to the ABC that asylum seekers on board a boat that exploded last week had doused the deck with petrol as a threatened act of sabotage.
The Government says it will not comment on what caused Thursday's fatal blast while a police investigation is underway.
But the ABC has been told the asylum seekers doused the boat in petrol to try and force the navy to let them land in Australia and not turn them back to Indonesia.
However, it is understood the explosion was an accident.
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Re: What has happened to humanity - Afghan Refugees, Perth?
Threat gone wrong: Asylum seekers 'doused boat with fuel
Senior Government sources have confirmed to the ABC that asylum seekers on board a boat that exploded last week had doused the deck with petrol as a threatened act of sabotage.
The Government says it will not comment on what caused Thursday's fatal blast while a police investigation is underway.
But the ABC has been told the asylum seekers doused the boat in petrol to try and force the navy to let them land in Australia and not turn them back to Indonesia.
However, it is understood the explosion was an accident.
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Re: What has happened to humanity - Afghan Refugees, Perth?
Or perhaps I'm wrong
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Re: What has happened to humanity - Afghan Refugees, Perth?
These people under law are asylum seekers and as such have the right of law to be heard and if deemed so the right to remain in this country on permenent protection visas as refugees.That is the law as it stands at present.
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Re: What has happened to humanity - Afghan Refugees, Perth?
it confirms the desperation of people and the plight of asylum seekers in general(not illegal immigrants)and the utter confusion surrounding the United Nations Charter on Refugees asit now stands.
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Re: What has happened to humanity - Afghan Refugees, Perth?
Illegal immigrants is a political term used by certain governments serving populist agendas.
These people under law are asylum seekers and as such have the right of law to be heard and if deemed so the right to remain in this country on permenent protection visas as refugees.That is the law as it stands at present.
These people under law are asylum seekers and as such have the right of law to be heard and if deemed so the right to remain in this country on permenent protection visas as refugees.That is the law as it stands at present.
Illegal immigrants are people who decide to buck the law entering a country illegally in whatever way they can.
Play on words...we all know what we mean
#105
Re: What has happened to humanity - Afghan Refugees, Perth?
Illegal immigrants in effect spoil it for themselves and the genuine asylum seekers. Those that promote and condone illegal immigrant tactics are unwittingly doing nothing more than condoning flesh peddlers.