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Nauru’s tent city too modest for fussy asylum seekers

01 Oct 06:00am

Filed under: Aid, Asylum Seekers, Naru, Refugees

The fussy asylum seekers from Sri Lanka—one look at Nauru and they are off back home—have raised serious questions for the Federal Government on who is a genuine refugee.

Not exactly what you'd call warm and welcoming living conditions

The voluntary returnees risk tainting the asylum seeker debate against those who really are trying to escape death and harassment based on their ethnic, political or religious backgrounds.

At the same time, they are raising Government hopes that the new version of the Pacific Solution might be starting to work as a genuine deterrent to irregular arrivals.

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Sinbad says:

07:53pm | 01/10/12

@ Gregg. The prospects are not looking too good at the moment for Australia. At this rate even the new limit of 20,000 refugees a year are going to be filled in by the boatpeople this year. Read more »
Achmed says:

07:16pm | 01/10/12

Marley..stay inside your little box….. explain why a person could not be assessed as meeting the criteria while still in country. Write the rules to suit the circumstance. We want to stop boats so why wait until they get here? Read more »

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