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What about the anti-immigrant laws there, which I assume must be politically popular because they have been sustained. The treatment of the refugees in the dete
by forapurpose 9y ago
What about the anti-immigrant laws there, which I assume must be politically popular because they have been sustained. The treatment of the refugees in the detention camps is horrific and criminal.
- bwilli123 9y agoThe issue wasn't immigrants per se but the method by which they arrived. They were described as "queue jumpers", which plays against an ordinary australian's notion of fair play. The numbers of legal immigrants (including refugees) are higher than ever but since the "stop the boats" policy, the number of "illegals" has been reduced to a trickle.
- forapurpose 9y agoThat was the rationalization. My understanding is that it was crafted to exclude non-white immigrants, like Trump's immigration policies or like election law in the U.S. south, which always works out to exclude non-white voters. Also, it doesn't address the treatment of the refugees in the camps.
- glaugh 9y agoHere's a timely article about Australia's friendliness toward immigration: https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21730004-and-australians-still-them-australia-admits-more-migrants-any-other-big-western-country https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21730004-and-australians...