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New “excision” law does not relieve Australia of its responsibilities towards asylum-seekers – UNHCR
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The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Wednesday reiterated its concerns about the treatment of asylum-seekers arriving by sea to Australia. According to new legislation, all asylum-seekers arriving by boat anywhere in Australia are now subject to transfer to Nauru or Papua New Guinea for processing and will only have their claims for refugee status assessed in Australia if the … Continue reading
Posted in Asylum seekers, Australasia, Diaspora, Global issues, Human rights, Humanity, Migration, Refugees, Society
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ASIO backs down on threat ruling
Daniel Flitton, Michael Gordon (source )
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A refugee widow and her six-year-old son will taste freedom in Australia after ASIO dramatically reversed an assessment she posed a threat to national security. Ragavan, 6, who has been held in immigration detention with his mother, Manokala, will be released after an adverse assessment by ASIO was reversed. The decision followed an internal ASIO review into her case and is not related to an … Continue reading
Boat people genuine refugees
Bianca Hall (source )
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More than 90 per cent of boat people were found to be genuine refugees in the March quarter, figures to be released on Monday show. But asylum seekers who arrived by plane – despite being eligible for release into the community – were almost twice as likely to be rejected as refugees. The new figures come after the government, with Coalition support, passed its changes … Continue reading
Posted in Asylum seekers, Australasia, Compassion, Diaspora, Global issues, Human rights, Humanity, Migration, Politics, Refugees, Security
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El Salvador gangs say Supreme Court ruling threatens truce
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The leaders of El Salvador’s main street gangs have said a decision taken by the Supreme Court threatens a truce that has saved thousands of lives. The gangs were formed by Salvadorean immigrants in the United States The Constitutional Chamber of the Salvadorean Supreme Court declared illegal the appointment of Security Minister David Mungia Payes. He is one of the main architects of the truce, … Continue reading
Posted in Agreement, Diaspora, Judgement, Leadership, Protest, Reconciliation, Society, South America
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Muslim Brotherhood Inside American Colleges
Ryan Mauro (source )
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The strategy is part of a six-phased plan to ‘get inside the U.S. government and also American universities,’ said an FBI informant on the inside. Nazareth College in Rochester, NY, is just one of many American universities who are “partnering” with the International Institute of Islamic Thought, a verified Muslim Brotherhood front group. In 1988, an FBI informant inside the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood network warned … Continue reading
Parliament excises mainland from migration zone
Karen Barlow and staff (source )
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The entire Australian mainland has been excised from the migration zone in a bid to deter the arrival of asylum seekers. Photo: All asylum seekers could soon be sent to offshore immigration processing centres. (Roslan Rahman: AFP) Up until now, asylum seekers who reached the mainland by boat could not be sent offshore to Nauru or Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island for immigration processing. The … Continue reading
The Armenian hero Turkey would prefer to forget
Robert Fisk (source )
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The Armenian-Turkish officer Torossian was awarded medals by Enver Pasha.Think Captain Terossian. Confronted by the chilling hundredth anniversary of the genocide of one and a half million Armenian men, women and children at the hands of the Ottoman Turks in 1915, Turkey’s government is planning to swamp memories of the Armenian massacres with ceremonies commemorating the Turkish victory over the Allies at the battle of … Continue reading
Return of Berbers & Berberization: Politics of Ethnicity in North Africa
Morris Mottale (source )
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Contemporary international politics has seen a phenomenon in the Arab world that has been dubbed the Arab Spring. It began on December 17, 2010 in Tunisia where a young fruit vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi, committed suicide by burning himself to give vent to his grievances against the system that he thought had treated him arbitrarily and tyrannically in denying him economic opportunities. The episode sparked an … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Culture, Diaspora, Global issues, Historical, Leadership, Middle East, Opinion, Politics
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Recognizing Genocide
Dean Kalimniou (source )
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Genocide is the responsibility of the entire world.” ― Ann Clwyd, A Matter of Principle: Humanitarian Arguments for War in Iraq A few weeks ago, an article penned by John Williams appeared in Quandrant entitled, “The Ethnic Cleansing of Greeks from Gallipoli, April 1915.” This marks a rare moment where a mainstream publication has attempted to draw attention to an aspect of the Gallipoli myth … Continue reading
Posted in A, Australasia, Crime against humanity, Denial, Diaspora, Genocide, Global issues, Historical, Human rights, Humanity, Middle East, Opinion
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