Both old parties must stop this game of political kicking of refugees.


Both are as bad as each other.


Time for a radical shift ... Refugees are a part of life and how we treat them is a reflection on our humanity.  

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You REALLY wanna play in the gutter ?



I Remember SIEVX
& the Nine Years Passed
since the Sinking
by Marg Hutton
19 October 2010

I remember the 146 children, 142 women and 65 men who drowned on the high seas seeking refuge in Australia nine years ago today. This tragedy swept away entire families and scattered the few dozen survivors to the four corners of the globe.

I remember Sadiq who struggled all night to stay afloat with his baby daughter Kauthar on his shoulders; his bravery, care and concern for his child in stark contrast to the lies and slurs of the government of the time who falsely claimed asylum seekers were throwing their children overboard to emotionally blackmail their way into Australia. (Sadiq and Kauthar were resettled in Finland.)

I remember Sabah, the last man to be rescued, the 45th survivor, who fought for his life in the water for two whole nights before being found. He lost his wife and two children and was the only one left alive of a group of about 20 who all perished on their planks waiting for rescue. (Sabah now lives in Norway.)

I remember Zaynab, the twelve year old girl who lost both her parents and all her brothers and sisters to the Indian Ocean. She was the first of the SIEVX survivors to be granted entry to Australia. (She lived here with extended family for several years but returned permanently to Iran some time ago.)

I remember Ammar, the twelve year old boy whose mother, brother, three sisters, uncle, aunt and two cousins all lost their lives on SIEVX. (Ammar has been trying to make it all on his own in Canada for years now since his father remarried and returned to Iraq.)

I remember Faris who lost his beloved wife and daughter on SIEVX. He was one of only seven survivors of the sinking who were granted residence in Australia. Even now, years later, he still sometimes wakes in the night screaming from all he has endured.


http://www.sievx.com/

and this happened a LOT less often under howard than under krudd or judas

no tears from me, sport

Sprintcyclist wrote on Dec 15^th, 2010 at 8:31pm:








You've got those figures handy ?




Howard Government - 365 on first investigation
Can you beat that - with Rudd and Gillard ?

yes fkwt, there are record amounts of boats arriving under the leftard govt.

you guess how many have sunk at sea

in the last years of the howard govt there were 6 boat arrivals.
this year, well over 100 so far.

go figure the deaths on the open ocean.