Keywords: Christmas Islan
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INTERNATIONAL
- Kerry Murphy
- 17 April 2009
3 Comments
The tragic death of several asylum seekers on a boat while being towed
to Christmas Island again shows the dangers for people coming to
Australia by boat. But it does not
justify a return to the harsh policies of the past.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Andrew Hamilton
- 25 October 2007
1 Comment
Compared to that on Nauru, the Christmas Island detention facility might seem to be surrounded by calm seas. But it is exposed by distance, and if a storm of government hostility to asylum seekers blows again, the processes of determining claims there appear to leave asylum seekers dangerously exposed.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Georgina Pike
- 04 April 2007
1 Comment
Georgina Pike on the plight of the Sri Lankan asylum seekers who have been sent to Christmas Island.
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AUSTRALIA
- David Corlett
- 02 April 2007
4 Comments
What matters is not where the 83 Sri Lankan asylum seekers will be processed – Christmas Island or Nauru – but the nature of their reception and processing.
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AUSTRALIA
E.J Banfield
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AUSTRALIA
- Marcelle Mogg
- 08 May 2006
Australia’s agreement with Papua New Guinea over the use of Manus Island as an off-shore detention and processing centre for asylum seekers, expired at the end of October.
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