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INDONESIA says it won't accept the 78 stay-put Sri Lankan asylum seekers aboard the Oceanic Viking unless they agree to enter a local detention centre. It is a stand that... More »
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West Australia Sunday Times - Nov. 9, 2009
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| Australians Want PM to Be Tougher on Boat People |
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CANBERRA (Reuters) - New opinion polls added pressure on Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Monday to take a tougher stand against asylum-seekers and end a standoff... More »
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ABC News - Nov. 8, 2009
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| NZ urged to take rescued Sri Lankan refugees |
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By Kara Segedin Keith Locke. Photo / Mark Mitchell New Zealand is being urged to take some refugees from among 78 Sri Lankan asylum-seekers plucked from a stricken boat.... More »
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New Zealand Herald - Nov. 9, 2009
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| Kevin Rudd 'too soft' says poll |
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A recent poll suggests most Australians think Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is âdoing a bad jobâ addressing the issue of asylum seekers. Photo / AP Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is... More »
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New Zealand Herald - Nov. 8, 2009
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| Australians want PM to be tougher on boat people |
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CANBERRA (Reuters) New opinion polls added pressure on Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Monday to take a tougher stand against asylum-seekers and end a standoff involving... More »
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Reuters via Yahoo! - Nov. 8, 2009
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| Australian FM should push Sri Lanka to allow international... |
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Foreign Minister Stephen Smith should push the Sri Lankan government to allow aid agencies access to Tamil camps, the Australian Greens said on Monday. Smith is heading to... More »
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People's Daily Online - Nov. 9, 2009
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| Rudd says he won't do asylum boat deal |
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PM says he won't do a deal to end stand-off Claims media kept from boat with water cannon Stephen Smith to arrive in Colombo today THE Prime Minister has again been forced to... More »
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West Australia Sunday Times - Nov. 9, 2009
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| Why talk about boatpeople when there are more pressing... |
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I support and advocate for asylum seekers and refugees. I write about refugees and asylum seekers. But I don't want to read in the news headlines every day about a few... More »
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On Line Opinion - Nov. 8, 2009
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| Inside the Indonesian 'solution' |
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Compared to most other wealthy countries the number of asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat is small, and absolutely minuscule in comparison to the number of refugees... More »
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On Line Opinion - Nov. 8, 2009
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| Tamil asylum-seekers reject Australian government demands |
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The Rudd government is intensifying moves to force 78 Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers on board the Australian customs ship Oceanic Viking to disembark and enter Indonesia... More »
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World Socialist Web Site - Nov. 8, 2009
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