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Michael Palin's hand of friendship gives asylum seekers a human face
Cardiff :: United Kingdom | about 9 hours ago
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One is an epoch-defining comedian, not to mention a popular explorer and best-selling author who is fast approaching heritage-listed status. The other is a near-anonymous Somali refugee who fled his war-ravaged country and arrived in Britain knowing no...
Tags: Michael Palin, Musa Ibrahim, asylum seekers, Somalia, Bristol, Kenya, United Kingdom, Cardiff, Monty Python, Refugee, Palin, Political positions of Sarah Palin, Sahara with Michael Palin, Sarah Palin, United States presidential election, Social Issues
Bishop defends boat people question
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | about 12 hours ago
Credibility The opposition's justice and customs spokeswoman Sussan Ley asked Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in parliament last week if 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers were promised public housing assistance to induce them to leave the Australian Customs vessel, Oceanic...
Tags: asylum seekers, Sri Lanka, Colombo, Refugee, Right of asylum, Kevin Rudd, Rudd, Demography, Forced migration, Population, Politics
Share asylum burden, Indonesians plead
Canberra :: Australia | 1 day ago
Credibility Rudd Government as the country's foreign affairs minister called on Australia to ''share the burden'' of immigrants streaming through the archipelago. Its call came as a customs vessel intercepted 53 asylum seekers off north-western Australia yesterday.
Tags: Australian, asylum seekers, Australia, Canberra, Refugee, Amnesty International, Kevin Rudd, Boat people, Immigration, Immigration to Australia, Temporary protection visa, Immigration detention, Social Issues, Politics, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesia, Chris Evans, Siev 36, Forced migration, Marty Natalegawa
Boat intercepted with 55 aboard
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 3 days ago
Credibility It is the 44th boat of suspected asylum seekers to arrive in Australian waters this year. Ashmore Islands, and is believed to be carrying 53 passengers and two crew, Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor said in a statement. The group will be transferred...
Tags: Indonesian, Australian, asylum seekers, detention centre, lankan asylum, Christmas Island, prime minister, customs vessel, christmas islands, Kevin Rudd, Indonesia, Jakarta, Rudd, Bruce Haigh, John Howard, Members of the Australian House of Representatives, Prime Ministers of Australia, Politics, Siev 36, Suspected Illegal Entry Vessel, Immigration to Australia, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Refugee, Hospitality Recreation, Javanese people, SIEV X, Tampa affair, Simon Crean, Right of asylum, Demography, Pacific Solution, Forced migration, Refugees, Social Issues
Councils 'lost' 145 child asylum seekers last year
Birmingham :: United Kingdom | 3 days ago
Credibility Most were juvenile asylum seekers who had arrived in the UK alone. The pattern of disappearances suggests they were victims of trafficking operations and were eventually forced into marriage, domestic servitude or sexual exploitation in Britain, the Care...
Tags: local authorities, unaccompanied asylum, asylum seekers, CLA, United Kingdom, Birmingham, Refugee, Right of asylum, Human trafficking in the United Kingdom, Human trafficking in Taiwan, Demography, Forced migration, Population, Social Issues
Safe haven?
Ishii :: Japan | 4 days ago
Credibility Japan is one of the largest single donors providing financial aid and assistance to refugees overseas. But critics say that is in stark contrast to the reception given to asylum seekers at home...But it is still an almost four-fold increase on 10 years...
Tags: Japanese, Japan Association for Refugees, asylum seekers, refugees status, Japan, Ishii, Right of asylum, Refugees, Immigration, Russian Federation Law on Refugees, Asylum in the United States, Demography, Population, Forced migration, Social Issues
Appeal to the Australian Government
Tanjung Pinang :: Indonesia | 4 days ago
Credibility If Kevin Rudd really wants to put an end the dark days of children behind razor wire, It's time to end the Indonesian Solution," said Ian Rintoul. Statement from Merak Asylum Seekers To the Australian government and people: The asylum seekers at Merak...
Tags: Indonesian, asylum seekers, sri lankan, Australian, australians government, Oceanic Viking, Kevin Rudd, detention centre, Merak Asylum, Mr Rudd, Indonesia, Tanjung Pinang, Demography, Population, Refugee, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Tampa affair, Forced migration, Refugees, Right of asylum, Social Issues, Pacific Solution, politics, Meneng Stadium, Immigration to Australia, Australia, Internments, Indonesian language, Rakyat Merdeka dingo cartoon controversy, Howard Government, Javanese people, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
RI agrees to detain 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers
Tanjung Pinang :: Indonesia | 5 days ago
Credibility The group will be accommodated for up to six months, with Australia agreeing to cover the costs, Riau Law and Human Rights Office chief I Gede Widiharta told The Jakarta Post here on Tuesday. A group of 22 of the asylum seekers were brought to the detention...
Tags: asylum seekers, Indonesian, Australia, sri lankan, Oceanic Viking, Kevin Rudd, Jakarta Post, lankan asylum, Dr Sujatmiko, Indonesia, Tanjung Pinang, Carbon finance, Emissions trading, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Rudd, Environment, Members of the Australian House of Representatives, Air pollution, Politics, Demography, Right of asylum, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Sri Lanka, Immigration to Australia, Forced migration, Refugees, Pacific Solution, Alexander Downer, Howard Government, Immigration detention, Refugee, Bintan Island
Aid agency staff withdraw over hostage fears
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 6 days ago
Credibility Standoff...Sri Lankan asylum seekers on board their boat in the port of Merak...The International Organisation for Migration has withdrawn its staff from a dock at a port in north-western Java, fearing they could be taken hostage by desperate Sri Lankan...
Tags: sri lankan, asylum seekers, Indonesia, lankan asylum, Jakarta, International Organization for Migration, Refugee, Tamil people, Ethnic groups in Sri Lanka, Dravidian peoples, Human migration, Social Issues, Riau, Riau Archipelago, Sri Lanka, Bintan Island, Boat people, Forced migration, Refugees, War Conflict, Politics, Gatot Soebroto, Pacific Solution, Javanese people, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Afghan migrants held in Indonesia
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 7 days ago
Credibility Their detention comes days after a boat carrying more than 60 Afghans trying to get to Australia was intercepted in southern Indonesia. Indonesia has become a transit point for people fleeing war-torn countries like Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. Many pay...
Tags: asylum seekers, West Timor Water Police, Australia, Indonesian, Indonesia, Jakarta, Forced migration, Refugee, Right of asylum, Bintan Island, Tampa affair, Immigration to Australia, Riau, Riau Archipelago, Social Issues, Politics, Smuggling, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Year of birth uncertain, Nasrullah, Population, Kupang, Demography, HMAS Broome, Siev 36, Suspected Illegal Entry Vessel, HMAS Pirie, Banten, Pandeglang Regency
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