@boris1gary wrote:
It is worrying and this is what happens when we have a racist, arrogant PM and govt.
the following is from The Jakarta Post
Tension between the two neighbors reached a new height Wednesday after Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that stopping the boats was “a matter of sovereignty” and Jakarta should understand Canberra was taking the issue seriously.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who suspended cooperation with Australia following allegations that it attempted to spy on him and members of his inner circle, skipped the Davos meeting to oversee the handling of recent nationwide flooding and the eruption of the Mount Sinabung volcano.
Abbott’s statement came only days after Australia admitted that its naval ships had entered Indonesian waters. It later apologized to Indonesia for the incursion.
Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Djoko Suyanto said it was Australia that should respect Indonesia’s sovereignty, “which was violated by the Australian navy.”
“Asylum seekers that have entered a country, including Australia, must be managed according to the UN Convention on Refugees,” he asserted in a written statement.
Australia is a signatory to the convention. He added that the country concerned must also handle the problem in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) or the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Boris, do you understand that there is a very emotive political campaign going on in Indonesia right now because there is an election coming up??? YOu think our last three years was bad?? Multiply that 10 fold!!
They hate the refugees coming through their country... they think Australia is to blame and think we should pick them all up at the airport when they arrive there. Have you read how the refugees there get beaten and locked up?
Why don't the Indonesians manage the people the way the UN Convention on Refugees states they should be handled?
Don't worry... Indonesia won't get too angry, they will always like us enough to take our multi million dollar aid package.
