November 2009
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Providing refuge - a humanitarian approach
The public debate surrounding the 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers aboard Oceanic Viking and the tragic rescue operation unfolding near Cocos Islands where one asylum seeker has already died has re-exposed Australia’s low humanitarian threshold.
It’s simply illogical that as a community we put such a high expectation on our government to protect and support people displaced by crises at home –...