(October 30, 2016 at 7:44 am)Bella Morte Wrote: I really wish Europe had a similar policy.
The policy is purely designed to divide Labor. It doesn't have much, if any, actual merit. What if a family member dies in Australia and you want to go to the funeral? Worse still, what if a family member dies in Australia and you're the legal next of kin?
(October 30, 2016 at 9:10 am)Bella Morte Wrote: Brian, they have other choices. They can either return home, be resettled on Manus or Nauru, or go to a third country.
They can't be resettled on Manus or Nauru. That's already been established. The last time this happened we had to settle most of them in Australia and NZ, with smaller numbers going to Canada, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. So far the Government is refusing to entertain the offer to resettle some refugees in NZ. This contradicts their message that the asylum seekers are the problem of the Manus and Nauruan governments now and we're "just funding it". This time we have had offers from Canada, the United States, NZ, Iceland as well (IIRC), and Malaysia has offered to resettle people as well. The current policy is nearly impossible to carry out, as there is no way to resettle all people in all camps, and many countries will look at the conditions in Nauru and Manus and say "we'll take the ones that are living in total squaller in Pakistani refugee camps before we worry about those ones".
Right now the refugees on Manus and Nauru have no choices, and have to wait until they're offered resettlement somewhere.
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The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
