Asylum-seekers could undermine offshore processing

Wednesday, 25 August 2010 11:56

The High Court is hearing a challenge from two asylum seekers could undermine the basis for offshore processing.

Two Tamil asylum seekers, known only in the court proceedings as M61 and M69, arrived at Christmas Island in October last year

Both claimed refugee status out of fear they faced persecution from the Sri Lankan army, agencies of the government and paramilitary groups because of their alleged support for the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam.

The Australian

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Hanifa Deen tired of the "M" word

Tuesday, 24 August 2010 18:18

Hanifa Deen is fed up with writing about Muslims, reading about Muslims, defending Muslims and obsessing about Muslims in general but is having trouble getting off the ‘Muslim merry-go-round’.

In this Lunchbox/Soapbox presentation, Deen offers her vision for extending multiculturalism beyond tokenism. She also warns against oversimplification and the temptation to see ‘communities’ rather than individuals, and suggests a marketing campaign for Muslims – including a handful of star recruits who might help to bring Islam to the Australian heartland.

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Election 2010 Cultural Diversity Wash Up/Out…

Monday, 23 August 2010 11:02

Some interesting things happened in this election, a key one being I guess that the $1.6 million that Maxine McKew had jimmied out of Gillard for Bennelong to pay for a multicultural food festival community hall makeover, won’t reappear. It’s also not clear that Richmond (Melbourne) will get its Vietnamese community arch, promised by Anthony Albanese for $500,000. Is this a sign of the times, the only two multicultural promises and the ALP loses both seats?

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Get Up's Refugee Mythbusting

Tuesday, 17 August 2010 19:23

This short Get Up animation tackles four of popular misconceptions about asylum seekers with facts and figures about the situation confronting the small number of people who attempt the treacherous sea journey to Australia by boat.