Interesting to see that the protest by Afghani asylum seekers being held in detention today in Darwin seems to have, if only momentarily, shifted the debate in Australia on migrants from BOATS! STOP THE BOATS! WHEN WILL THE BOATS STOP!? WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN? To an actual focus, albeit a fairly brief one, on the people behind the fifteen thousand volt electric fences.
The best thing I read was this quote from The SMH - One of the protestors questioning the current ban on Afghani Asylum Seekers being granted refugee status because it is supposedly safe there now:
If Afghanistan is safe, why are there Australian soldiers there? Why are there American soldiers there?".
A valid question and its refreshing to hear it being asked. Hopefully the next step is the media asking it themselves, rather than via proxy.
- And just quietly, Media Watch on Monday night raised a topic that tied in quite well with what I wrote about in my last post. Probably deliberately. Check it here
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