Boat People Never Allowed to Stay in Australia - Mainland Excised : Melbourne Indymedia

In an incredible move the Australian Government has hardened its anti-refugee laws again - this time excising the mainland effectively from Australia's migration zone. Even if boat people make it to the mainland - they will not be permitted to apply for asylum under Australian migration law. Instead they will be shipped to an off-shore camp - either Nauru, Christmas Island or Manus Island.
Here is the kicker - even if they are found to be refugees - they will still not be able to settle in Australia. Instead the Government says that they will languish in these prisons until a third country can be found to take them in. Which countries will be putting up their hands to take these unwanted refugees is unclear.
This massive exapansion of the previous Pacific Solution has been implemented to appease the Indonesian Government. West Papuans or anyone else who tries to seek asylum in Australia by boat - if they can get past and survive the naval blockade of asylum seekers will no longer be able to settle here.
The policy will not apply to people who over stay their visas or people who apply for asylum if they come by plane.
This policy is sheer madness. Of course Beazley offers half-hearted opposition to the changes - focussing on the fact the Government is appeasing the Indonesians rather than the disgraceful treatment of asylum seekers. Appealing to nationalism is easier than making a case for compassion. In the previous few weeks Beazley has mainly been talking about how we need a coast guard to better be able to turn back the West Papuans before they get here.
Bring on the weekend demonstrations at Villawood and elsewhere. It seems eventually if we want to protest outside a detention centre we will have to get on a boat.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Boat-people-never-to-call-Australia-home/2006/04/13/1144521432993.html

We are cattle to the illuminati, just cattle to be culled. These off shore Islands are just walls put up by the illuminati capitalist- neo-cons afraid of overpopulation and common wealth.

Who are the powers that be that put up walls to prevent welcoming strangers in desperation who are fleeing their homeland for their survival?

Imagine if the Aboriginals had done that they would have been shot on sight!

Actually they were shot on sight without doing anything!

The illuminati want the cattle in the yard
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2006/04/14 - 1:42am.

Build the walls and they won't come! Australia wants them slaughtered at home!

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Protect the Papuans
Submitted by Laurel on Fri, 2006/04/14 - 8:12am.

Geez this makes me angry. What the hell is wrong with our government! They are scared of Indonesia. I hope that the returned soldiers associations will put pressure on the government to help these people, just as they helped us in World War 2. We gave millions to the tsunami relief fund for Indonesia - I myself gave way more than I could afford - and look what they are doing, trying to stop Australia from helping the oppressed.

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Sameol
by Craig 2006-04-13 9:25 PM +0800

Hows that! Howard just made australia invisible. If only the original inhabitants of this great land had such powers.

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Oh, irony
by Mar Bucknell 2006-04-14 2:20 AM +0800

Indonesia will decide who comes into Australia and the circumstances in which they come here.

Little bastard Johnny has done something I previously thought impossible: he is even more a lickspittle toady to Javanese imperialism in the Indonesian region than that loathsome offence of a human being, Gareth Evans, ever was.