Papua New Guinea villagers the new refugee victims

His shanty town, opposite the airport in Port Moresby, has been identified as a potential new site where genuine asylum seekers would be resettled in Papua New Guinea under the deal.

The 47-year-old electrician, a father-of-seven, sees brutal irony in his family being dispossessed of their tiny shack to make way for boatpeople out of Manus Island detention centre.

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It is a big headache," said Mr Mahiro, who trained for his trade at TAFE in Queensland.

"If the government wants to bulldoze us out of our homes, they can do it without a humanitarian thought," said Mr Mahiro, of the ATS settlement.

"They will send armed police in to forcibly evict us, they will raze this entire township to the ground, and me and my children, and thousands of others will be left without anywhere to live."

Most of the 7 million-strong population are illiterate but are overwhelmingly a Christian, smiling, warm-hearted, softly-spoken people.

But lawlessness in the city centres is a brutal reality. Car jackings, rape, theft and murder add to a soaring crime rate.

FULL STORY and PICTURES here  http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/papua-new-guinea-villagers-the-new-refugee-victims/st...

 The sudden concern is fooling nobody. the fact that this needs to be done to appease the electorate is a direct result of old dog whistle howard and his progeny.  You wanted it, pushed for it ... well here it is, and its a far more thorough and effective policy than you lot could think up in the last ten years). Mr Abbott has welcomed it, you got what you wanted,

Why is every post from you rude and abusive? 

@lakeland27 wrote:

 The sudden concern is fooling nobody. the fact that this needs to be done to appease the electorate is a direct result of old dog whistle howard and his progeny.  You wanted it, pushed for it ... well here it is, and its a far more thorough and effective policy than you lot could think up in the last ten years). Mr Abbott has welcomed it, you got what you wanted,

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@nero_wulf wrote:

Why is every post from you rude and abusive? 

@lakeland27 wrote:

 

 The sudden concern is fooling nobody. the fact that this needs to be done to appease the electorate is a direct result of old dog whistle howard and his progeny.  You wanted it, pushed for it ... well here it is, and its a far more thorough and effective policy than you lot could think up in the last ten years). Mr Abbott has welcomed it, you got what you wanted, 

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 i dont like fakes. i dont apreciate false (sudden) concern for 3rd world people from someone who has done little but denigrate.

Gees it took the Daily Telegraph a few days to come up with something to find to critcise or to dig up someone to have a whinge huh? Must have given them all a bit of brain strain lol.

I agree with LL - Abbott agrees so what is the issue? Abbott has come and said that if he wins, he won't change the policy. His only critcism has been about Labor in general on this issue.

Car jackings, rape, theft and murder add to a soaring crime rate.

(png)

Sounds like the Aussy city I live in. There are no rose gardens anywhere. 

And I agree with those who approve of this policy and so does Abbott so what's 

the problem?   Can anyone anywhere think of a better solution? 

Easy to spout of about how bad, wrong, dangerous, flawed it is, but let's

have something constructive for a change.  

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

Gees it took the Daily Telegraph a few days to come up with something to find to critcise or to dig up someone to have a whinge huh? Must have given them all a bit of brain strain lol.

 

I agree with LL - Abbott agrees so what is the issue? Abbott has come and said that if he wins, he won't change the policy. His only critcism has been about Labor in general on this issue.

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Just because we support a party it does not mean that we agree with everything that is said... 

That pic above, of 2 happy smiling children living in squalor..... let's hope the PNG Gov. sees that the whole world is looking and fixes their issues, giving the families a better place to live.

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

Gees it took the Daily Telegraph a few days to come up with something to find to critcise or to dig up someone to have a whinge huh? Must have given them all a bit of brain strain lol.

 

I agree with LL - Abbott agrees so what is the issue? Abbott has come and said that if he wins, he won't change the policy. His only critcism has been about Labor in general on this issue.

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Just because we support a party it does not mean that we agree with everything that is said... 

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Exactly, guess that goes for most people? and also those of us who have no alliance to a major party? but support (and not support the policies of both), depending on what they are.

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@acacia_pycnantha wrote:

So, just the same as the LNP and their running dogs.

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running dogs?