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Prosecute people smugglers, but how?

By Tue, Dec 20, 2011 10:20AM UTC View Comments A survivor wailed after rescue. (Photo by ABC)

Shipwrecks will not deter refugees or asylum seekers to take the boat to Australia. About 200 people are feared dead at sea 200km off Java Island of Indonesia when the overloaded boat they boarded sank on Saturday. Only three dozen survivors are so far accounted for, but do not rely on numbers which can be...

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How to be popular with the UNHCR

By Tue, May 31, 2011 5:42AM UTC View Comments

Back in the good old days, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees was never shy of being critical of aspects of the Howard Government policies on asylum seekers, even though their policies ultimately stopped the boats, and the associated outbreaks of drownings, and lip-sewings in detention centres. The UNHCR also hailed the end of...

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