Concerns for treatment of boat people
THE Australian Primate, Dr Phillip Aspinall, and the leaders of
six other Christian bodies, have issued a statement expressing
their "grave concern at the passing of legislation to allow for the
offshore processing and indefinite detention of
asylum-seekers".
The legislation was passed recently by the Australian
government, in an attempt to stop the numerous boats headed for
Australia carrying asylum-seekers. Hundreds of people have drowned
as unseaworthy vessels foundered on the ...
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