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Print Australia to post YouTube film to curb people-smuggling The Australian government is to post on YouTube images of so-called boatpeople being turned away and sent to Malaysia, in an effort to deter asylum seekers.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Australia is widely believed to have one of the strictest immigration policies in the world, and Mr Rudd's Labour government has been criticised for being too soft on "boatpeople" following a tenfold increase in the number of asylum seekers attempting to enter the country.
Latest news breaking news current news UK news world news celebrity news politics news 2009
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'boatpeople' that the reason the Minister refused his request for help is that there were several thousand people facing much the same situation.
unknown title 2009
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The first and only BMW I ever owned, I sold to one of the orginal “boatpeople”.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Mark Perry on US Manufacturing 2009
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He says the boatpeople are entitled to have their claims assessed in Australia.
Australian Court Extends Ban on Transfer of Asylum Seekers 2011
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Bowen said he was expecting the so-called "Malaysia Solution" to face legal challenges, but insisted the government was determined to implement the plan to stem the flow of boatpeople making the perilous sea crossing to Australia.
Australian Court Extends Ban on Transfer of Asylum Seekers 2011
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He says the boatpeople are entitled to have their claims assessed in Australia.
Australian Court Extends Ban on Transfer of Asylum Seekers 2011
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Bowen said he was expecting the so-called "Malaysia Solution" to face legal challenges, but insisted the government was determined to implement the plan to stem the flow of boatpeople making the perilous sea crossing to Australia.
Australian Court Extends Ban on Transfer of Asylum Seekers 2011
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So from his story I just start to understand how complicated is this Rohingya boatpeople.
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There he restored an old house, planted trees, and became a justice of the peace; took a wife and kept her and had four children; wrote ghost stories about census-takers and other bureaucrats getting it in the neck; took in boatpeople and bums; and denounced every war in which the U.S. became involved—especially the first Gulf War, which he detested.
The Sage of Mecosta 2006
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