One gets tired of battling the sound bites, but for the sake of the latest casualty, a 19 year old Afghan kid who could not stand or understand his detention any longer, I offer the following: Can you guess which is Australia’s graph line without looking at the legend? We are not being inundated. WeContinue reading “Tackling Australia’s “Illegal Immigrant” mythology”
Tag Archives: Refugee
Bleeding hearts or bleeding minds?
Today’s Eureka Street article spells it out so plainly. The remote detention regime that has given rise to the Christmas Island riot is born of a policy that has become stupid to keep defending. Blame detention centres, not detainees – Eureka Street We need politicians courageous enough to make a bilateral stance to remove theContinue reading “Bleeding hearts or bleeding minds?”
Christmas Island – chickens come home to roost
PM – Police poised for more violence on Christmas Island 18/03/2011. Asylum seekers locked up indefinitely behind gates in overcrowded quarters on a tiny and remote Indian Ocean island. Some have been there 20 months with no knowledge of expected outcomes. A plot from “Lost”? Nope, its what Australia’s Border Protection Policy looks like andContinue reading “Christmas Island – chickens come home to roost”
When the circus accentuates tragedy…
I’ve just been listening to politicians conscientiously “questioning” the rationale for flying bereaved asylum seeker detainees the long distance from Christmas Island to relatives’ funerals in Sydney. These are the victims of the shipwreck off Christmas Island late last year. “Why not lay them to rest on Christmas Island?” they opine. Forget the fact thatContinue reading “When the circus accentuates tragedy…”
Wondering Pilgrim 