157 Asylum Seekers Coming to Australia (about time)

[boris1gary]

Ocean imprisonment to end for 157 asylum seekers on Customs boat, with all to be transferred to Australian mainland

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/ocean-imprisonment-to-end-for-157-asylum-seeke...

[icyfroth]

They've obviously been screened and cleared.

No problem.

[boris1gary]

great news and about time. Although morisson will probably come up with new ways to treat them inhumanely, he seems to have a knack for it. 

[azureline**]

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@icyfroth wrote:

They've obviously been screened and cleared.

No problem.

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not obvious to me, it seems they still have to be processed or they wouldn't be going to Curtin?

[the_great_she_elephant]

At least now they have a chance of a fair hearing. Had the boat made it into Australian waters they would probably have been shipped off to the Concentration Camp on Manus Island to be "out of sight, out of mind.."

Concentration Camp: A place in which large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities, sometimes to provide forced labour or to await mass execution.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/concentration-camp

[duck---dodgers]

Maybe it's a policy matter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIto5mwDLxo

[icyfroth]

"They will be held until Indian consular officials have had the opportunity to speak to them about their possible return."

"India has agreed to take back any of its citizens and will consider taking Sri Lankan nationals who are Indian non-citizen residents'

Mr Morrison, who finalised the deal with Indian government figures earlier in the week, said the people on board the vessel were receiving "excellent care".

He would not go into details of the asylum seekers' nationalities.

"That is a matter now that Indian consular officials will work through," he said.

"They have requested that access. They will be given that access and will await their process to be completed."

The minister ruled out any of the asylum seekers being resettled in Australia.

"They won't remain in Australia. They will not be resettled in Australia," he said.

Entire Article Here

[boris1gary]

not what India is saying...so not quite what has been reported on yahoo7 whatever it is...

Delhi: The Indian government appears likely to only accept the return of Indian nationals among the 157 Tamil asylum seekers who have been held on the high seas by Australian customs officials for 26 days.

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison, along with Lieutenant-General Angus Campbell, met with India’s Home Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in Delhi on Tuesday to request that India accept all 157 people who were intercepted by Australian authorities on a ship that departed from the Indian territory of Puducherry around June 13.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/delhi-offers-little-comfort-to-morrisons-boat-mission-20140723-zw2wr.htm...

"Does anyone really believe that Mr Morrison is in control of this situation at all?" she said.

"He's making it up as he goes along. He is scrambling to come up with a solution that doesn't involve treating people properly, begging countries to take those on board the Australian Customs vessel."

International law Professor Donald Rothwell says the asylum seekers' legal status remains uncertain.

"Bringing them to the mainland - if that is ultimately their destination - would bring them within the migration zone and it would activate for them a capacity to make asylum claims," he told ABC News 24.

"So we are in quite a fluid situation in terms of the ability of these people to actually make asylum claims under Australian law. "

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-25/asylum-seekers-to-be-transeferred-to-onshore-detention-centre/...

[boris1gary]

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@azureline** wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

They've obviously been screened and cleared.

No problem.

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not obvious to me, it seems they still have to be processed or they wouldn't be going to Curtin?

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morrisson has sent them to curtin because he can, it is regarded to be the worst of the detention places in Australia and is due to be closed next year. It is very isolated and hard to get legal and medical aid. onward christian soldiers. 

[boris1gary]

maybe i should have asked for permission from the thread police before starting this thread........maybe it should have been in the NO BOATS since whenever thread, oh well, never mind.