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Australian
Government figures prove Racist imbalance of Refugee treatment
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Number of Refugees and Asylum Seekers Worldwide in 2000: 14,500,000 people (World Refugee Survey 2001, U.S. Committee for Refugees)
Number of Children and Adults in Australian Detention Centres as at September 7, 2001: 633 children (inc. 111 children - unaccompanied minors) and 2,659 Adults.
There were a total number of 3403 people in detention
with almost 1500 in Woomera. (These figures are based on Department of
Immigration and Multicultural Affairs figures as at September 7, 2001)
Numbers of People Estimated as Illegally Overstaying Visa's as Compared
to Unauthorised Arrivals: Illegal Overstayers: 58,748 (as of July 2001,
almost 20% of all overstayers came from either the UK or the US)
Unauthorised Arrivals: 5,870 (ie., approx 1/10 of Illegal Overstayers
!!!)
These figures are based on DIMA figures as at December, 2001
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Pariahnote The Federal
Government used the Refugee issue to gain another term in office.
That Australia is a racist country with racist institutions is a
fact recognized on both sides of the political spectrum. The Greens
were the only (major/minor) political party to emerge from the election
with any moral credibility.
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Australia's treatment of refugees
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