Sunday, April 3, 2011

What Australians Really Think......


Australia doesn't exactly have a good reputation for its treatment of refugees and asylum seekers. People throughout the world look at us and wonder how a first-world country which loves so much to carry on about wonderful, enlightened and democratic it is can abuse with such fierce glee such vulnerable and disadvantaged people, whether for political gain or pure and simple schadenfreude. But beyond what one sees in the media, plenty of Australians do indeed care. And here is evidence.












2 comments:

  1. There's going to be a talk tomorrow from an Iranian man who was a refugee in 1999 at uni. Should be fascinating

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  2. Noice, let us know how it goes!

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