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Reporting Refugees

In a pilot public journalism project, University of Canberra journalism students partnered with the ABC 666, Canberra Refugee Support and OurSay to tackle some of the big questions about Australian asylum seeker policy, as experienced in the ACT. The top 5 questions on OurSay featured on ABC 666 Canberra Radio in a special program - produced and presented by UC students under the supervision of their UC lecturer, Julie Posetti

In a pilot public journalism project, University of Canberra journalism students partnered with the ABC 666, Canberra Refugee Support and OurSay to tackle some of the big questions about Australian asylum seeker policy, as experienced in the ACT. The top 5 questions on OurSay featured on ABC 666 Canberra Radio in a special program - produced and presented by UC students under the supervision of their UC lecturer, Julie Posetti

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“Why do illegal immigrants receive more than double the welfare benefits of elderly who have lived, worked, and paid taxes here all their lives? Many refugee advocates like to cry "you family were once from another country" but my grandparents came...”

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user picture Russell Hamstead · 83 votes · 7 comments · 2 years ago

“How many countries should illegal immigrants be allowed to ignore on their way to Australia? If they ignore even one then by any definition other than that used by the UN they aren't actually refugees, so why does anyone enable these weasel words...”

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user picture Jonathan Nolan · 250 votes · 4 comments · 2 years ago

“Why is it that if people arrive by plane without a valid passport/visa you are deported, but if you arrive illegally by boat without a valid passport/visa we are obliged to treat them differently?”

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user picture Joe Blow · 96 votes · 3 comments · 2 years ago

“2 Questions: Why are people so terrified of 'boat people' coming to our shores to seek asylum? and Why does the Government not point out, very loudly and very clearly to the public that seeking asylum here (by boat or otherwise) is perfectly legal...”

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user picture Sharon Harnett · 69 votes · 2 comments · 2 years ago

“We are an aging country with lots of rural touns dying for lack of young families.Why can't we put some refugee families in some of these communities to help keep these town viable? Why not give them provisional citizenship contingent on their...”

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user picture JONATHAN GAY · 4 votes · 2 comments · 2 years ago

“Why has the arrival of so few people become such an enormous political issue? And how can politicians and society navigate through the political football-ing and hyperbole and ensure a level-headed discussion of the issues, so that we then may all...”

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user picture Amy Bascomb · 83 votes · 1 comments · 2 years ago

“If we accept that genuine asylum seekers are very disadvantaged primarily because they have no choice to stay in their country of origin, then why is the government penalising these people? ”

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user picture Lynn Berry · 21 votes · 1 comments · 2 years ago

“Compliant refugees in UNHCR camps wait for the slow wheels of bureaucracy to process their claims. These are the financially poor and desperate people we should be helping and spending taxpayers money on by processing them first. All others who pass...”

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user picture Michael Evans · 22 votes · 1 comments · 2 years ago

“I like people and think Australia should attract migrants. I understand that boat people are desperate to come to Australia. I don't think it is fair or compassionate to exploit those desperate people, subjecting them to the predations of people...”

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user picture David Ball · 27 votes · 1 comments · 2 years ago

“To discourage children being put on boats without parents, it would be a better idea to send these children back to their parents (if they are still alive) rather than have the family renunion policy that is in place now as this only encourages this...”

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user picture Margaret Kirby · 17 votes · 0 comments · 2 years ago
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