Boat people bill set to soar
THE taxpayer bill for the 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers is set to soar amid the growing expectation many will end up in Australia. As the Australian Customs vessel Oceanic... More »
West Australia Sunday Times - Nov. 9, 2009
NZ offer to asylum seekers 'unlikely'
New Zealand is unlikely to offer refuge to 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers plucked from a stricken boat, Immigration Minister Jonathan Coleman said yesterday. Australian... More »
New Zealand Herald - Nov. 10, 2009
Editorial : Softly, softly on Sri Lankan boat-people
This country enjoyed a warm glow early in the life of the previous Government when it relieved Australia of some of the so-called Tampa refugees. Green MP Keith Locke... More »
New Zealand Herald - Nov. 10, 2009
New Zealand rules out taking Sri Lankan asylum seekers
Wellington - New Zealand ruled out Tuesday taking any of the 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers on board the Australian Customs ship Oceanic Viking off Indonesia. Confirming that... More »
Earthtimes.org - Nov. 9, 2009
New Zealand rules out taking Sri Lankan asylum seekers
Wellington - New Zealand ruled out Tuesday taking any of the 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers on board the Australian Customs ship Oceanic Viking off Indonesia. Confirming that... More »
Monsters and Critics - Nov. 9, 2009