Villawood
Christmas Island, Curtin, Northern Immigration Detention Centre in Darwin, Maribyrnong, Perth, Phosphate Hill, Scherger and Villawood Detention Centre…
These are the welcoming arms of Australia for the few desperate individuals who make it into Australian waters seeking asylum. They are detention centres that could become “home” for indefinite periods of months or even years.
In the early hours of the morning Villawood Detention Centre was set alight, and protestors climbed up onto the roof of the centre.
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Late this morning another group of refugees clambered on top of the roof at Sydney’s Villawood detention centre in protest.
And while the Minister for Immigration Chris Bowen managed to get yesterday’s group down by refusing to “give in to their demands” maybe it’s about time we stopped cushioning the issue with industrial size mattresses and faced them head on instead.
Ian Rintoul is one person looking for a better solution. As a spokesperson for the Sydney based Refugee Action Coaliton, he’s described the situation as “desperate” and that most detainees, having spent between 12 to 16 months in Christmas Island prior to coming to Villawood, “see no future”.
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Cut to the chase says:
1. Chase the media away 2. Deliver ultimatum. “Get off the roof or suffer the consequences” 3. Stun grenades and tazers 4. Problem solved Read more »
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Tragedy of the commons says:
Fed Up is right. The problem with do-gooders is, though they are well intended, their empathy knows no bounds. If they had their way, our borders would be thrown wide open to anyone who wants to come here. The problem then, and now, is that we become so preoccupied with… Read more »
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