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Originally posted by Donut:
No easy solution here. As has already been said it is election time in Australia and asylum seekers are an easy target. The same thing happened in Britain before our election.
The latest news is the Indonesian Government has threatened military action if the ship returns to Indonesia.
What I can't understand is how Norway can be involved. They picked these people up at the request of the Australian Coastguards. I guess they won't do that again. Next time they will be left to drown.
Just a couple of other points. Australia is the only 'Westernised' country in the world which has a policy of mandatory incarceration for asylum seekers, they lock them away in prison camps.
I have at least five members of the Irish side of my family working illegally in the USA. There must be tens of thousands of Irish people who are illegal immigrants there. Why doesn't anyone make a fuss about them the way they do about the Mexicans? It couldn't be the colour of their skin could it?
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or could it be that the Irish lobby has the ear of the President
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Holy Avenger of the OHF and part time Pinguindiebjäger