Letters from Nauru

[j*oono]

Both major parties have pledged never to allow the authors of these letters to be resettled in Australia.

Letter 14

“This is a will for a lady who was trying to commit suicide”

My darling, I apologise to you deeply that I’m leaving you. My nice husband, I love you, again and again I begged Jesus but I don’t know why the Father has forgotten us as He forgot the Jews in the Second World War.

My kind husband, I’m leaving here to open heaven’s gate. To you and others, please excuse me.

I’ve never understood the meaning of this sentence: “The one in authority is God’s servant to do you good” (Romans 13: 4).

We have always respected the law even when we were near to death, were fleeing.

We are seeking refuge in a country where there is a lot of wisdom, compassion and freedom among its people, but their rulers have stone hearts. They were called but they don’t know Jesus, they are spending people’s money imprisoning and torturing women and kids in detention.

Do you remember living a year in 45-degree heat with a small fan? Sometimes with no water to drink and shower.

Do you think my soul will go to my parents? If you could talk to them, tell them, “Your daughter will come to kiss your feet.”

I’ve been crying a lot which causes me headaches, my darling, my darling, I love you, I love you, I will be waiting for you in a peaceful place. Don’t rush, I am counting the time, but don’t rush!

I’m not worried about my body, you know what to do!

I love you.

Read more letters here

[lyndal1838]

Well educated English speaking people are not Boat People...they come through the proper channels.

With all the IT credentials that the letter writer had, as well as his grasp of English he would have had no problems coming to Australia legally.

[polksaladallie]

How naive.

[aps1080]

His agriculture and irrigation knowledge is just as useful here.

[Anonymous]

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@*pepe wrote:

i don't believe those letters are genuine at all.

they read as contrived by someone with a clear mind and the agenda of taking shots at the Australian government, not someone in total despair with no clear alternative in their thoughts but to end their life

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i agree.  

plus the bible references.

the handwriting.

[***super_nova***]

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@poddster wrote:

s_n, do you actually believe that letters like the ones posted here are genuine?

It is so obvious that they are contrived solely for the purpose of trying to influence the opinion of gullible people who will swallow anything that is even remotely emotive.

Perhaps they would carry a bit more credibility if the were authenticated, which they are not.

 and by the way who are the letter written to?

If they are private what are they doing in a public forum?

If they are not private then what is the motive behind them?

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I have no idea, but neither have you.  Nothing obvious about it.  The first one is supposedly from woman who attempted suicide to her husband.  Maybe he released the letter.  The second sounds like a desperate man writing to somebody begging for help.  Again the recipient could have felt it useful to make it public.

And to say that only the poor uneducated come by boat, is somewhat strange, considering that it costs quite a bit of money.  People try to get somewhere where they can make life for themselves any way they can.  The 1st boat that ended up in Manus was full of people from Iran in trendy western clothing and ipads; as was already pointed out here before. 

If you got the chance to get on a boat to some safe destination instead of sitting in a camp doing nothing, would you not take it Poddster?

[aps1080]

Joono

Where did these letters come from ?

Link to where you got them please.

I cant find them on the internet.

[aps1080]

Its ok, found them.
http://www.themonthly.com.au/blog/monthly/2014/19/2014/1418951326/letters-nauru


One web site has these letters, no other media has picked them up which to me is very suspicious.

[j*oono]

It was from an article from todays date so possibly google hasn't picked it up yet.

I gave the link in my opening post.

[donnashuggy]

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@poddster wrote:

J, I suspect that the anything you know about refugees is what you have been spoon fed and gullible enough to swallow.

As opposed to your 'knowledge', I on the other hand spent 7 years in a refugee camp where the air conditioning was the holes left from the removal of alternate palings to burn in freezing temperatures.

Medicine was non existent and the one meal for the day consisted of boiled cabbage and anything else edible ctat could be foraged.

The gates were not locked nor were there any guards because the attentive was exposure to the elements and starvation.

So I will keep my, and many thousands like my experience, in the forefront of my mind and have a closed mind.

Perhaps you should open your mind and eyes.

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Where was this refugee camp?

[j*oono]

Also for those that think the letters don't ring true, the article does say;

These are informal translations of the original texts, which have also been provided to the Moss review.